Our Palm Springs Team Retreat: Things Got Weird!

Emily Henderson | 20.02.2026 16:00
Last week we spent three days in Palm Springs on our EHD “spring” team retreat, which was a big old success and admittedly way different than most “normal” company’s offsites. Like, when we tell people who have a more typical office culture what we did, there tends to be a lot of “wait, what?” and perhaps some raised eyebrows. I wouldn’t say there are extreme HR violations, but certainly some risks. My goal with these team retreats is 3-fold: macro company planning, IRL connection, and good old-fashioned fun. We all feel incredibly lucky to like each other so much (in fact, Marlee and Gretch flew down early to hang with Jess and Mallory the weekend before, which absolutely warmed my den-mother heart). So here’s a peek into what we did and why.