The Humor Rituals - Ways to bond with your team

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  Whoopsies

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  Funk-y-mail sign-offs

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  Convo-ters for teammates

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  The tea(m) sitcom

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  The 'Silly idea' brainstorm

Inspiration

If there’s a key thing I’d add to why I picked up humor as a theme, it’s the very fact of how a lot of work we do as humans is rooted in trust, joy, and belonging. And humor as a weapon at workplace is a concept I learned from reading one of the best books by my favorite Stanford professors—Humour, Seriously. Building a visual creative collaboration app also taught me what it’s like for teammates to share joy in building on each other’s thoughts, listening to funny moments, and sometimes dreaming up about silly ideas, only to later discover how this not only bonds them but helps teams bridge mental gaps, take inspiration from a lot of different areas, and come up with better ideas.

What the template does

The template and the fun games are an ode to the book as well as my own belief in how creating room for lighter moments has a strong influence on the way of work.

How should people use this template?

All these 5 activities make up The Humour Rituals template—feel free to explore and dig into the ones you find the most funny and interesting. There’s no right order, just play around whenever you get together as team for tea/coffee breaks, virtual hangouts, ice-breaker parties or so. Have fun! (Just like how AI did) :)

Built With

• coda
• codaai