Although naturally you already have things in common with your colleagues, good relationships at work shouldn't revolve exclusively around gossip or trashing the boss. Just this week, I found the perfect project to rally my coworkers: pygmy goats. Who could resist? Right away, several of my colleagues agreed that we should buy a few and begin making cheese.
Solving the challenge of where to put the little guys created a bonding experience within my group. Plan A is to ask the building manager to find a place for them in the way he found a place for people to park their bicycles. We will argue that goats should be easier than bicycles, because the goats are smaller and fewer. Plan B is to approach the Chicago Theological Seminary for help. Their new building is going up literally next door, and since the CTS has been boasting about the greenness of their new building (in spite of the fact that they demolished a revered community garden in the process of setting up their construction site), we figure they should be willing to grow grass on the roof and let our small herd graze there.
Whatever the outcome, working with my colleagues on this project has led to a great deal of mutual respect and team-building goodwill. Try it and see!
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Image by Elle E. Kay from Pixabay
This idea is genius! Didn't Google do goats at their headquarters as well? http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/goats-are-baaaahk.html And will you market the cheese to pay for office parties? Or what about wine and cheese Fridays, where the theologians next door bring the wine and you guys supply the cheese?
Posted by: Kate | 05/14/2010 at 11:55 AM
Goats on the roof are all the rage at Al Johnson's Restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin! http://www.aljohnsons.com/ You could create the next tourist hot spot and sell that cheese!
Posted by: Amy | 05/27/2010 at 02:04 PM