After the summer break we took our team out of the office and onto a the centruary year old sailing ship Constantia leaving Stockholm for Sandhamn for a two-day offsite in Sweden’s stunning Archipelago.

The goal was simple: reset, build trust, and prepare for a demanding product roadmap.

Sailing makes interdependence visible. Everyone rotated through crew roles and deck and practiced precise calls, listening, and clean handoffs. The point was not the (chilly) conditions but how we support and complement each other to keep moving forward. When the plan changes, coordination sustains momentum. The same is true when we build and ship complex AI systems.

Motorica is now more than thirteen nationalities working as one company. Time on deck created shared context that is hard to manufacture in conference rooms. We ate well, worked hard, and left with a common language for execution. The Swedish concept of “jäklar anamma”—grit and drive—showed up in small, observable behaviors: volunteering for the coldest posts, asking for feedback, and stepping in without being asked.

The offsite delivered what we needed: a reset of energy after summer, alignment on goals, and a stronger sense of one team. It proved that our culture—international, tough minded, positive—can perform in any weather. Now we carry that momentum back to building the tools that help studios create living, reactive worlds.

Tags

#TeamBuilding #LeadershipCulture #StartUpLife #SwedenArchipelago #MotoricaTeam

‍