How to Start a Conversation Without Asking a Question
If you’ve ever eaten at Panera, you know their signature move: you pick two. Soup and salad. Sandwich and soup. Two simple items that, when paired together, somehow make the meal feel complete. This quick and meaningful icebreaker for meetings borrows that same spirit except instead of food, you’re pairing words. Using a deck of […]
A Powerful Way to Make Meetings More Engaging
In this exercise, called Choice of Worlds, you’ll see just how powerful one intentional word can be in transforming conversations, meetings, and even your year ahead. This activity is simple, reflective, and powerful, an ideal conversation starter, icebreaker for meetings, or team building exercise for adults that sparks both personal insight and collective engagement. Note: […]
A Fast-Paced Icebreaker to Energize Your Next Meeting
When you’re kicking off a meeting or workshop, a simple, high-energy competition can completely shift the vibe in the room. This activity works perfectly as an icebreaker for adults, a quick team building game for work, or a lively group activity for meetings that sets a collaborative tone right from the start. Note: The brand […]
Quick Energizer for END of Meetings
This exercise is a profoundly simple, powerful way to close any meeting. It can easily be adjusted to fit any group size in any context. Note: The brand new Future Focused We! Connect Cards featured in this video are free (and only available*) to attendees of the 2025 Connectors Summit. You can use and adapt this […]
Best Team-Building Game for Adults
In my humble opinion, this is one of the best team-building exercises for adults. And I say that after leading it with over 100,000 people around the world. Why does it work so well? Because it does two powerful things: If you hit the “conversational lottery” and you’re having an amazing connection, you can just […]
Stop the “Forced Fun” (Try This 3-Minute Group Activity Instead)
I haven’t met a single person on the planet who actually enjoys forced fun. You know the kind: awkward, scripted icebreakers that feel more like work than connection. Now you can replace this pain with a three-minute, intentional opener that actually works. My job (somehow) is helping some of the smartest leaders and educators in […]
5 Team Building Strategies for Work
After employing these strategies with well over 100,000 people, I’ve figured out what actually works (and what doesn’t). In this post, I’ll share my top five strategies for building strong, sustainable teams at work. Instead of cramming everything into a one-day team retreat, these strategies are designed to fit into your daily workflow so they […]
How to Lead When You’re Not In Charge
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The Sandbox, Sanctuary & Skills-Lab You’ve Been Looking For
You know that moment when you meet somebody and just click? You feel like you could sit down for coffee with them for eight hours straight, and when you leave, you think, “That was an awesome human being. I loved spending time with that person.” In my experience, it’s almost a guarantee that if someone […]
Psychology Hack to Earn a 98% Approval Rating
Let’s be real: Two out of every hundred people are probably just having a bad day. They’re not going to love what you do no matter what you do. That used to bug me. I’d focus too much energy on the 2% with the crossed arms in the back of the room. Not anymore. The […]