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Every new year comes with plans, goals, and expectations. Companies reorganize, teams reset priorities, and leaders ask the same question: What will truly make a difference in this new cycle? After years of creating immersive experiences and closely observing real human behavior inside our games, we learned something fundamental: People don’t connect with products. They connect with experiences. And this insight goes far beyond entertainment. It applies to businesses, brands, leadership, and teams that want to start the year with more clarity, impact, and real results. Below, we share 5 lessons we learned by creating immersive experiences — lessons that can transform the way you begin and lead this year.

For many organizations, the end of the year is still synonymous with the “office party,” Secret Santa, and a quick thank-you speech. But from the perspective of organizational psychology and people management, this moment is much deeper than just a social event: it is a powerful symbolic ritual, capable of influencing engagement, culture, emotional well-being, and business results.

A day of challenges, learning, and team celebration Last week, Escape Time Brazil hosted the Total Express team for a corporate event full of excitement, challenges, and connection. Over 100 employees participated in a complete experience that combined team building, reflection on teamwork, and a lively happy hour with live music, food, and drinks.

Success Story: 300 Porto Seguro Employees Learn Cybersecurity Through Play Information security awareness is one of today’s greatest corporate challenges. How do you engage teams so they truly internalize data-protection best practices? The answer may lie in corporate gamification—and Escape Time just proved it in practice.

Last week, we conducted a truly transformative experience with Essentia. All employees participated in a specially designed corporate escape game to address themes of ethics, decision-making, and collaboration. The challenge was clear: an ethics alert had been triggered in the company’s system. Participants, divided into teams, had 40 minutes to investigate failures, make critical decisions, and report risks, thereby protecting the organization’s reputation. More than just a game, it was a behavioral laboratory.

Hello, players! The timer is about to start…” That’s how we kicked off Escape Time’s experience for Knot, a company that operates tankers, in an immersive dynamic designed to test decision-making under pressure, assertive communication, and real cross-functional collaboration. In 60 minutes, participants cracked codes, interpreted clues, and navigated obstacles crafted to simulate high‑complexity scenarios. More than solving puzzles, the mission demanded coordination, environmental awareness, and conscious choices when everything seemed impossible—just like in critical operations and regulated environments.

From July 16 to 18, Sesc Avenida Paulista was transformed into the setting of an interdimensional magical adventure. An initiative by Escape Time offered the public a free immersive escape room experience, combining a fantasy narrative, clever puzzles, and captivating scenery — all designed and assembled in just 6 hours.

In a market saturated with traditional advertising messages, brands face the constant challenge of not just being seen, but of truly connecting with their audience. How to go beyond passive exposure and create engagement that generates emotional recall and lasting recognition? The answer, increasingly, lies in experiential marketing – and escape rooms are emerging as a powerful and innovative stage for this connection. More than a game of mystery and challenges, an escape room is an immersive and collaborative journey that requires communication, logical reasoning, and teamwork under pressure. It is in this dynamic environment that Escape Time Brasil offers strategic Branding and Naming Rights solutions, transforming your brand from a spectator into the protagonist of the adventure. In this article, we will explore how the intelligent integration of your brand into escape room experiences can generate significant results, creating memories that conventional advertising could hardly achieve.

Have you ever thought about how mental triggers can transform the way your company engages clients and closes deals? In the corporate world, where decision-making can be complex and full of variables, understanding the psychology behind choices is essential to creating genuine connections and motivating actions. At Escape Time, we apply the principles of mental triggers not only to make our immersive experiences even more engaging but also to help companies enhance their sales and engagement processes. Want to know how? Keep reading!

Escape Time has a clear mission: to provide immersive, challenging, and innovative experiences for audiences of all ages. Now, we are taking another significant step forward with the opening of our new unit at Shopping Carioca, in Rio de Janeiro, in partnership with Play Toy, one of the largest amusement park operators in shopping malls across Brazil.