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A Valentine’s Day Fun Activity!

By / Filed under Collaboration, WORK is GOOD / February 14th, 2012


Remember Barney, the purple dinosaur, and his catchy song, “I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family…”? Well, I was reminded of it during our most recent Retrospective Meeting.

A tradition at Conscires is to end the Retro Meeting with Shout-outs to the team, an activity where we all write short phrases of appreciation to some team members for their hard work that week or simply for being themselves! There was so much appreciation this past week that we ran out of room for post-it notes (33 notes amongst a team of 12 members)!

We all know how warm and special it makes us feel to be appreciated! And here’s the thing, when someone says something nice to us, we tend to reciprocate. Thus begins a cycle of positivity known in psychology as the Law of Reciprocity. So, THERE IS truth to Barney’s song!

Here’s a fun activity for your homes and workplaces this V-Day: Shout-outs! You’ll be surprised by the amount of appreciation and positivity in the air!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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