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Coworkers And Conversations

Workplace conversation used to take place near the water cooler, usually involving current events, sitcoms, or the weather.
The pandemic shifted most of the communication in the hands of technology with Zoom, Slack and email being our only channels to converse with coworkers.
The conversation has deteriorated by being an online exclusive deal. It feels transactional and highly superficial.
Small talk stays small, and there are fewer trust-based, genuine human relationships at the workplace.

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How to have deeper (and better) conversations with your coworkers

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