top of page
Image de Nolan Issac

SPICE UP YOUR VIRTUAL COFFEES

With remote work and the pandemic comes a desperate need to bond with our colleagues, despite not seeing them. If you're managing a team under 15 people, try this! 

 

Traditional virtual coffees with no activity always seemed boring and chaotic to me. Some personalities have many things to talk about, others prefer not saying anything, and most of the time the information shared doesn’t help connecting on a deeper level. This little game can help!

​

Time: 15-35min depending on the team size.

How to engage your team?

Every week, make sure that you dedicate 30 minutes for your team to bond outside of work interactions. In my case, I chose a day that is usually less busy, such as Wednesday or Friday afternoon, and schedule a 30min virtual coffee time with our 

How to play?
4 easy steps

It's very simple, efficient and the best part, does not require much preparation on your side!

​

1 At the beginning of every session, ask one person to choose a random number between 1 to 100. Each number matches an ice-breaker question from this list. Asking a member to choose the number instead of picking it randomly yourself is important, it's the first step to engaging your team. ​

​

2 You are the moderator, therefore, it's your role to read the question outloud!

​

3 Ask the person who picked the number to start with their answer. If you consider it too short, you can ask them to explain or develop their thoughts, on the contrary, if it's getting long, make sure you set a definite amount of time for answering. Ideally it could be 2-3min per team member.

​

4 Once your teammate finished answering, ask them: "Who would you like to pass the mic to?", it can be anyone in the team or yourself. This has several advantages:

​

  • it creates more engagement;

  • makes people more alert and focused on the discussion as they could be next;

  • ensures everyone has their own time to answer without chaos and overlapping that can happen during online calls. 

​​​

All together, this should take under 40min. And the best part? Be prepared for some very unexpected and funny answers!

123-456-7890 

65 questions to get started

  1. What did you want to be when you were small?

  2. What led you to pursue your current career?

  3. Would you ever run a marathon?

  4. Would you prefer to live in the city or the countryside?

  5. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

  6. If there was a movie about your life, which actor would you pick to play yourself?

  7. Are you an early bird or a night owl?

  8. What’s the worst place you’ve ever visited?

  9. What led you to pursue your current career?

  10. Who is your role model?

  11. What’s something you think is entirely underrated?

  12. Do you have any phobias?

  13. What is your proudest achievement to date?

  14. What is the most exciting thing you’ve ever done?

  15. What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?

  16. Which animal would represent you the best?

  17. Who is your favorite television or movie character?

  18. What celebrity would you like to meet at for a cup of coffee?

  19. If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?

  20. What would you sing at Karaoke night?

  21. What makes you laugh the most?

  22. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

  23. What motivates you to work hard?

  24. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?

  25. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?

  26. What would you do if you won the lottery?

  27. What form of public transportation do you prefer? And why? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.)

  28. What's your favorite holiday?

  29. What was the last book you read?

  30. Do you love or hate rollercoasters?

  31. What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?

  32. What was your favorite subject in school?

  33. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?

  34. If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

  35. If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce?

  36. What are your hobbies, and how did you get into them?

  37. What's your favorite ice cream topping?

  38. Who is your celebrity crush?

  39. What song always gets you out on the dance floor?

  40. What's your favorite season and why?

  41. Are you a cat or a dog person, and why?

  42. How do you enjoy spending your alone time?

  43. What’s your favorite movie genre (horror, sci-fi, rom-com, etc.)?

  44. Do you have a morning routine at work? If so, what it’s like?

  45. What do you remember most about your first job, and how old were you?

  46. What’s your favorite part of the workday?

  47. What career advice would you give to your younger self?

  48. Do you have a hero or mentor you look up to?

  49. Do you believe what is meant for you will never miss you?

  50. Which of your personality traits are you most proud of?

  51. If you could snap your fingers and instantly make the world better, what would you do?

  52. What is your definition of success?

  53. When you want to give up, what keeps you going?

  54. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

  55. If you had the opportunity to be immortal, would you take it?

  56. Which famous person in history would you want to spend the day with?

  57. If you could time travel, when and where would you go?

  58. If you could magically become famous, would you want to?

  59. What’s your “dance like nobody’s watching” song?

  60. What’s your game plan in a zombie apocalypse?

  61. How many hours do you get to the airport before a flight?

  62. What was your favourite Halloween costume?

  63. If you could own a mythical creature (unicorn, phoenix, etc.), which one would you pick?

  64. What’s your favorite drink and why?

  65. What is one skill you would like to learn this year?

123-456-7890 

bottom of page