Below you can see how this looks in the Workflow Builder composer. Each subsequent question is actually an independent workflow, which is triggered by the previous question’s correct emoji. Players mark their answer with a specific emoji reaction, and each reaction kicks off the next question until the game is complete.Įach question prompts the player to search Slack-and use appropriate search filters-to find the answer. That action prompts Workflow Builder to drop the first question in a thread. The joiner then clicks a button in the message to start the game. When someone joins the #escape-room channel, the action triggers an introductory message. This particular workflow lives in a dedicated channel, aptly titled #escape-room. The escape room game is built and managed with Workflow Builder, a no-code tool in Slack for automating routine processes. Here’s our guide and a few extra clues to help you get started. New hires frequently mention the game in onboarding feedback surveys as a fun, easy way to pick up skills they use regularly on the job.įortunately, setting up your own Slack escape room is a puzzle that’s easily solved. By the time they’ve completed the game, players have learned how to limit searches to a specific channel, search for files (and filter by file type), find messages and files posted by a specific user, and filter searches by specific date ranges.Īpproximately 75-80% of new hires who take part in the escape room activity successfully solve the puzzles in about 10 minutes, according to feedback from the OE team. Participants learn advanced search techniques while digging for clues in Slack’s own workspace history. Today all new employees can play the game as part of their onboarding experience. Slack’s own workspaces have millions of messages and finding the needle in the virtual haystack is a critical skill for every employee, whether they’re locating a product update from last week or a bug fix from two years ago. While it didn’t win any prizes at the event, Slack’s Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team, which manages employee onboarding, approached me about turning the project into an onboarding activity to help new users learn Slack’s search functionality. Inspired by the success of escape rooms elsewhere, I created one for Slack’s annual hackathon. Each clue you find helps solve a series of puzzles until eventually, you unlock one big puzzle that lets you “escape” the room before time is up. Typically, you pay a fee and enter a room filled with hidden clues. Over the past few years, escape rooms have grown in popularity worldwide.
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