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Office Cookie Exchange: Rules, Sign-Up Sheet and Ideas

How to run a holiday cookie exchange at work: rules to copy, a sign-up sheet, 30 cookies that travel well, allergen cards and a version for remote teams.

Nov 7, 2026

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Team Building

100 Year-End Office Awards: Funny, Sincere and Fair

One hundred year-end office award ideas, sincere and funny, with a fifteen-minute run of show, the rules that keep them kind and a nomination form to copy.

Oct 31, 2026

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Team Building

60 Holiday Trivia Questions for Work, With Answers

Sixty holiday trivia questions for the office party or a Zoom call, with answers: traditions, food and drink, films, music and the December holidays.

Oct 28, 2026

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Food for ThoughtTeam Building

Boss's Day: Why Gifts Flow Down, and What to Do Instead

Boss's Day is 16 October, and it asks staff to buy gifts for the person who signs their paycheck. Where it came from, and what to do instead.

Aug 30, 2026

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Food for ThoughtTeam Building

Mother's Day and Father's Day at Work: Dates, Opt-Outs, Tone

Neither day is a single date worldwide, and both are hard for more of your team than you think. What to send, what to skip, and how an opt-out actually works.

Aug 30, 2026

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Food for ThoughtTeam Building

Ramadan and Eid at Work: The Fast, the Dates, What to Do

Ramadan and Eid at work: why the dates cannot be fixed in advance, what the fast involves, and the accommodations that actually matter.

Aug 30, 2026

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Food for ThoughtRecipes

St Patrick's Day Food: What's Actually Irish, and What Isn't

The corned beef isn't Irish. What people in Ireland actually eat, the one soda bread rule that matters, and why the office version needs rethinking.

Aug 30, 2026

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Food for ThoughtTeam Building

Diwali at Work: The Five Days, the Food, and What Not to Do

Diwali in five days, three religions and several stories — the food that belongs to it, and how to mark it at work without getting it wrong.

Aug 29, 2026

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Team Building

Austin Team Building: Dates, Headcount and What Each Change Costs

Chef-led Austin team building: what an RSVP change really costs, the SXSW and ACL squeeze, and six two-hour menus from $150 a head in your own office.

Aug 12, 2026