Especially in teams that work in separate locations, personal connections often fall by the wayside. This is where “Chat Roulette” comes into play: Every week, a chatbot randomly selects two colleagues and matches them for a half-hour online session during which they talk about anything except work topics. Instead, the focus should be on questions such as:

• How are you?
• What are you currently doing outside of work? 
• Where and how do you live?
• What excites or inspires you?
• What is currently your biggest challenge?

Even book or recipe tips, a live handcraft tutorial, or a tour of your house are possible. In short: Anything that has nothing to do with work is fine!

Work hacks?

Work Hacks are simple, yet original, methods that can be implemented quickly and directly. They improve collaboration and results in the work context.

In this series we will introduce tried and tested Work Hacks that will effectively improve collaboration.