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Work deck · 30 cards

Warm-up questions to open a team meeting

Low-stakes questions to open a meeting.

How to play

Every card in the pile

  1. 01What's the most interesting thing you've learned this month?
  2. 02What's your favorite way to unwind after a long workday?
  3. 03What's a skill you learned at a previous job that you still use today?
  4. 04What do you listen to when you need to focus?
  5. 05What was your dream job as a kid?
  6. 06What's a ritual you have before starting your workday?
  7. 07What's your coffee or tea order, and how many do you need before noon?
  8. 08What's the most unusual place you've ever worked from?
  9. 09What's the weirdest job you've ever had?
  10. 10If you could work from anywhere for a month, where would you go?
  11. 11What's a work habit you picked up from a past colleague?
  12. 12What's a small win you've had at work this week?
  13. 13What's a fun fact about yourself that most coworkers don't know?
  14. 14What's your most-used emoji in work messages?
  15. 15What's your proudest "adulting" moment?
  16. 16What always makes you smile during the workday?
  17. 17What's the most interesting thing you've learned from a customer or client?
  18. 18What's your must-have tool or app for getting work done?
  19. 19What do you love about working from home, and what do you miss about the office?
  20. 20What was your first job ever, and what did it teach you?
  21. 21Morning person or night owl: when do you do your best work?
  22. 22What's one thing on your desk that has a story behind it?
  23. 23What's one thing you're looking forward to this week?
  24. 24If you could have any superpower for work, what would it be?
  25. 25What's the best team outing you've ever been on?
  26. 26What podcast or book are you into right now?
  27. 27What's the best lunch spot near work, and what do you order there?
  28. 28If you weren't in this career, what would you be doing?
  29. 29What's your favorite office snack?
  30. 30If you could have lunch with anyone in the company, who would it be?

How to use them

Read one out loud and let everyone answer before the next. Or start a game: Candor deals the pile at random, and a room code puts the same card on every phone.