I want to create a breakfast bar for my office, not only are we providing breakfast foods - we’re also promoting collaboration & discussion - which in-turn should boost the office culture.
Does anyone already have a breakfast bar, and if so - what foods do you supply? Any handy hints?
We tried catering breakfast to our members once a week for awhile
Our main challenge was that people picked up their food and headed back into their space
I guess you could make it a rule for people to eat their free breakfast at the same spot and encourage conversations, but that would depend whether you’re thinking of selling it or giving it for free
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:36:06 AM UTC-4, Jamie-Lee D wrote:
I want to create a breakfast bar for my office, not only are we providing breakfast foods - we’re also promoting collaboration & discussion - which in-turn should boost the office culture.
Does anyone already have a breakfast bar, and if so - what foods do you supply? Any handy hints?
Our main challenge was that people picked up their food and headed back into their space
Did anybody ask them why? I’m also curious how it was communicated?
If you drop free food in the kitchen and expecting anything to happen without some suggestion of why that food is there (meet a neighbor, share what you’re working on, ask a question) and/or a bit of facilitation, you’ll get a pretty predictable (non)result.
Even though people join coworking spaces to be around other people, old habits die hard (and along with them, isolating behaviors like hiding from your coworkers).
-Alex
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Simon Anez [email protected] wrote:
We tried catering breakfast to our members once a week for awhile
Our main challenge was that people picked up their food and headed back into their space
I guess you could make it a rule for people to eat their free breakfast at the same spot and encourage conversations, but that would depend whether you’re thinking of selling it or giving it for free
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:36:06 AM UTC-4, Jamie-Lee D wrote:
I want to create a breakfast bar for my office, not only are we providing breakfast foods - we’re also promoting collaboration & discussion - which in-turn should boost the office culture.
Does anyone already have a breakfast bar, and if so - what foods do you supply? Any handy hints?
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Agree with Alex. I used to bring donuts in and leave them in the kitchen. Everyone was thankful and liked it but just ate donuts at their desks but the donuts weren’t DOING anything. Lazy bastards. Anyway, I started implementing a “question of the day” that goes along with the donuts. Everyone gathers at the appointed time (usually monthly), gets their donut and coffee and meets in the conference room. I ask a question and everyone answers. Easy peasy. Examples of questions that have been asked:
What’s the last volunteer thing you did?
What do you need help with right now?
What was your favorite birthday party growing up?
If you won $1 Million, what would you do with it?
Donut day is by far and away the BEST event we do at Cohere. So simple, so affordable and the litmus test for success is when members randomly give you money the day before to buy them. Then we write the member’s name on the inside of the box “Love, Julie!” or similar.
Angel
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:17:16 PM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote:
Our main challenge was that people picked up their food and headed back into their space
Did anybody ask them why? I’m also curious how it was communicated?
If you drop free food in the kitchen and expecting anything to happen without some suggestion of why that food is there (meet a neighbor, share what you’re working on, ask a question) and/or a bit of facilitation, you’ll get a pretty predictable (non)result.
Even though people join coworking spaces to be around other people, old habits die hard (and along with them, isolating behaviors like hiding from your coworkers).
-Alex
The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.
Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com
Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Simon Anez [email protected] wrote:
We tried catering breakfast to our members once a week for awhile
Our main challenge was that people picked up their food and headed back into their space
I guess you could make it a rule for people to eat their free breakfast at the same spot and encourage conversations, but that would depend whether you’re thinking of selling it or giving it for free
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:36:06 AM UTC-4, Jamie-Lee D wrote:
I want to create a breakfast bar for my office, not only are we providing breakfast foods - we’re also promoting collaboration & discussion - which in-turn should boost the office culture.
Does anyone already have a breakfast bar, and if so - what foods do you supply? Any handy hints?
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