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Hi, @Jeanie Hioki! Icebreakers can be especially beneficial for building psychological safety among remote teams. My (all remote) team does an ice breaker each week to kick off our regular team meeting. We rotate who picks the question from week to week, and then go around the Zoom room taking turns to answer. Some recent…

Bummer you didn't see it in time, @Clint Young ! Maybe it's something you can try with the team you're on now?

Hi, @Clint Young! Do you think sharing this article (or some of the points made in it) would help? * Strong team cohesion – how bonded people feel to one another – is a key element for success in distributed teams. * Icebreakers can be an effective way to help teams get to know each other and feel more comfortable…

Ohhh this gave me a little laugh as I sat here shaking my head, @Sedera Randria

Love that idea, @Esme Crutchley !

Icebreakers are so much fun!

Thanks for joining us, @Fabian Lim !

Oh there's got to be something, @Esme Crutchley ! Thinking of a few from my recent team meetings: * What are three things you always have in your refrigerator? * How do you practice self care? * What was your all-time favorite Halloween costume? We get pretty creative! 

Great advice, @Tina Behers !

Totally agree with you, @Clint Young !

Let us know if you give it a go, @Alexander Bondarev !

@Walter Buggenhout we happen to have another prioritization Play for exactly that! https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/prioritization-matrix

You and me both, @meghna_singh! Thanks for reading!

Hey, @Brittany Wispell! Sorry for my delayed response here! Would you say that you work most closely with your smaller "squad"? I'm in a similar boat, and on a team of ~20, which is then broken out into smaller teams, each under separate managers. For us, it absolutely made sense to run this Play with our smaller team, as…

I agree, @Benjamin !

All three of your points are excellent, @Benjamin 👌 Thank you for sharing! 

Thanks for reading, @Aswin Achuthan! Wow! I bet you do! That sounds great!

Thanks for sharing, @Benjamin ! Glad to hear your team and organization are good about welcoming new ideas!

This is so great to hear! And I love the look of your Confluence template! Thank you for sharing, @Huwen Arnone _Deiser_Devoteam_ !

Ooooh, I love hearing that you work in a "very experimental environment." It sounds like that makes the process of sharing and embracing new ideas pretty smooth! Glad to hear you're enjoying these discussions, @Jimmy Seddon! Click on the "play-of-the-month" tag above and you'll see discussions from previous months, too.…

It can be so hard to not let excitement for a new idea carry us away before we're truly ready to share it out. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, @Huwen Arnone _Deiser_Devoteam_ !

Excellent points, @Colum McAndrew !

This is awesome to hear, @Kishan Sharma!

@Christine P. Dela Rosa 

@Jamey Austin 

That sounds like a really great balance of focus and collaboration time, @Suvradip Paul !

For sure, @Fabricio Carvalho. There are many contributing factors, many of which existed before remote work became more of the norm. 

That's great to hear, @Suvradip Paul !

It definitely would, @Liam Green !

Glad to hear that, @Svenja Lorenzen !