Lots of research documents the importance of the informal conversations that take place around the office photocopier, coffee machine or water cooler. These in-between spaces that can result in awkward conversation with someone you don’t know very well play an important role in building community between colleagues, which fosters commitment to a company.

 

Covid-19, of course has rendered these meetings, for now, obsolete. But what if we could recreate them, virtually?

 

Lots of research documents the importance of the informal conversations that take place around the office photocopier, coffee machine or water cooler. These in-between spaces that can result in awkward conversation with someone you don&rsquo;t know very well play an important role in building community between colleagues, which fosters commitment to a company.
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Covid-19, of course has rendered these meetings, for now, obsolete. But <a href="https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200925-the-rise-of-the-virtual-water-cooler%20">what if we could recreate them, virtually?</a>
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