Ways for your team to share and personally connect in 60 seconds or less
Humans have an evergreen and everyday need to feel connection. Yet when people work together, a feeling of connection can often be absent. So, don’t leave efforts to connect for just the big award days and celebration events. Make it an everyday thing.
6 Ways to Connect in 60 Seconds
Remember the point here is to spark water cooler conversation in intentional ways. This is something very important for distributed teams.
1. Share a Moment of Joy
Start a meeting by having each team member share a moment of joy they had this week where something made them happy at work or somewhere else.
2. Watch a Video Together
Put on a short video, like a YouTube video about your consumer base or a new trend, and then chat about it.
3. This Week I Read
Have each team member share one interesting fact they read, whether related or not related to work.
4. Trivia
Do a short round of trivia (e.g., watch a single category from “Jeopardy” on YouTube) or play a round created by a teammate related to work or not.
5. Story About
Begin with a prompt like, “What’s the story of how you got your first name or nickname,” and then have people tell the stories in a group or in breakouts.
6. I Don’t Understand
A team member says “I don’t understand . . .” and then says something like “TikTok” or “pivot tables.” Then others give really quick answers.
