For company HR teams or charities launching a virtual race to foster belonging among remote participants, two Racery mapping features are important. First, before a…
A $50 Donation = 12 Bonus Miles: Now Racery Turns Fundraising Into Virtual Race Miles
In most charity virtual races, two competitions – miles and money – happen in separate silos. Racers log activities to advance on the virtual route...
Remote work finds its groove
Remote work, which accounted for 7% of work days prepandemic and rocketed past 60% in mid 2020, seems to have stabilized at 26% of workers,…
The five best virtual race platforms to rock your 2026!
Which virtual race platform is “best” depends on what type of organization you represent and what you’re aiming for. The rankings below are based on...
Harvard research: employees turn to AI for friendship, but still feel alone
Most of employees are lonely at work, according to new Harvard Business Review research by Constance Noonan Hadley and Sarah L. Wright. The culprit, the...
Virtual races boost social connection
A study of participants in a virtual race platform in Korea determined that participation in a nine-day virtual race boosted participants’ social connection by 64%...
How stories fuel belonging and motivation
One of the biggest lessons we’ve learned in 11 years of hosting virtual races is that the right story can turn a good event into…
Zombies Run, back from the dead!
Congratulations to Naomi Alderman, co-creator of the awesome Zombies Run iPhone app, who has just bought back her creation. Terms of the deal were not…
Will AI kill the water cooler for knowledge workers?
According to Microsoft, knowledge workers’ usage of AI more than doubled in 2024, and 3 in 4 workers now regularly use generative AI. Undoubtedly, there’s…
As remote work thins connections, Racery boosts employee belonging
Covid has receded, but its patterns remain: nearly 8 in 10 knowledge workers are remote or hybrid. As time passes, workplace connections are thinning, and…