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A Simple Way To Keep Your People Engaged At Work

Or… In the remote working environment, how do you effectively build some sort of community

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The Simple Answer

Competition

Competition has been with humanity since the beginning of time. Competition for food, for resources, for genetic dominance — whatever.

It also unites people, makes people want to be better, and adds a little excitement into their day.

So,

• choose a timed based challenge,
• set up a channel within your work organisation (Slack, MS Teams, Facebook Workplace, etc.), and
• start posting your times

You will be pleasantly surprised at how the remote community engages with each other.

The more different facets of competition that you have, the more chance that you will be able to engage people from a wide range of interests. Here are some handy links to get you started:

• NY Times Mini crossword
• NY Times Sudoku (hard, medium, easy)
• Word Jumble (colour, monochrome)
• Wordle, Heardle…