Don't panic when you're put on the spot. Experts shared their answers for the dreaded work icebreaker.
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“My strategy for sharing these facts is partly to share something specific to me that most people wouldn’t guess when they first meet me, but more importantly, I share something personal and authentic so we start creating an environment of trust, vulnerability, and psychological safety. There’s nothing inherently wrong with answering these icebreaker-type questions with your favourite colour or favourite animal, but authentic connections are built on deeper ways of really getting to know each other.” –‘I’m a certified emergency medical technician’
“The panic people feel from icebreakers is the fact that ‘fun facts’ is a broad category. Anything can be a fun fact and having too many options is overwhelming. The first thing to do when picking a fun fact is to take the unsaid pressures off — you do not have to be funny, you do not have to be clever, you do not have to be the most interesting. It’s best to define success simply as I shared something about myself that others didn’t know.
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