Management scholars published evidence this month that professionally run offsite retreats strengthen connections across organizations and can reshape working relationships in ways that matter for knowledge flow and career opportunities. The researchers found offsites help colleagues who rarely interact forge ties through structured exercises and informal time together. The study focused on large, distributed employers and remote-first organizations where offsites are increasingly scheduled between December and March. Authors noted that while offsites cost time and money, they yield strategic value in cross-unit collaboration and career mobility. For academic administrators and faculty development directors, the findings support investing in retreats as a mechanism to rebuild collegiate networks after years of remote work and to address faculty disengagement.