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3 Ways to Better Connect with Your Coworkers | The Way We Work, a TED series

Connecting with the people you work with doesn’t just make your team stronger — it’s good for you too. Whether you’ve just joined a new organization or you’re managing a remote team, these three tips from collaboration expert Mark T. Rivera can help you strengthen your ties with your co-workers, so that everyone can thrive.…

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Connecting with the people you work with doesn’t just make your team stronger — it’s good for you too. Whether you’ve just joined a new organization or you’re managing a remote team, these three tips from collaboration expert Mark T. Rivera can help you strengthen your ties with your co-workers, so that everyone can thrive.

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31 Comments

  1. I Got The Munchies

    October 10, 2023 at 11:12 am

    My co workers always complain I’m quiet that gets annoying after awhile

    • Crazy Zaul

      October 10, 2023 at 12:39 pm

      The good news is you don’t have to change. People called me quiet for 30 years so I started talking a lot more. No difference, everyone still calls me quiet. A leopard can change it spots, but no one will notice when it does.

    • Matt Muller

      October 10, 2023 at 1:16 pm

      Same same same

    • Annamalai

      October 12, 2023 at 2:05 pm

      ​@Crazy Zaulyes I too face these challenges in my life

  2. 𝓜𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓜𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓔𝓶𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽

    October 10, 2023 at 11:13 am

    𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝒹𝓈

  3. Sushant

    October 10, 2023 at 11:17 am

    I work at a multinational company where all of my teammates are outside my country😢..Will try these tips…

  4. Agnes Bishop

    October 10, 2023 at 11:18 am

    I love you guys! 💚

  5. Krox

    October 10, 2023 at 11:23 am

    They’re not your friends

  6. Fouzia Qazi

    October 10, 2023 at 11:25 am

    Great

  7. Mohammad Ghaffari

    October 10, 2023 at 11:38 am

    Excellent! These apply not only to co-workers but generally every group of people. So I have made a note of the 3 ideas:
    1. Trust comes after we have been vulnerable to people who have responded empathetically.

    2. Have weak links (aquaintances in different fields)

    3. Make people feel they belong to.

  8. Aaron Lopez

    October 10, 2023 at 11:39 am

    Coworkers are not your friends.

    • Carson Hunt

      October 10, 2023 at 1:42 pm

      Yep. They’d all screw you over without a 2nd thought if it benefitted themselves. Making them friends just brings drama to the workplace.
      Also the video was naively adorable. This would be a cute video to POC college students about to be hired at google or Facebook. Not relevant almost anywhere else.

  9. z

    October 10, 2023 at 11:50 am

    Saw the title and chuckled

  10. Carlos Nugraha

    October 10, 2023 at 12:26 pm

    Only 1 question: why?

  11. Fallout Freeman

    October 10, 2023 at 12:47 pm

    This whole video reminds me of Office Space

  12. garcipat

    October 10, 2023 at 12:50 pm

    One goo tip: get to know you coworkers in peson. With the pandemic we got used to work remote, but it is nothing compared with work together, drink a coffee or just do smalltalk. this builds trust and make you realize that your coworkers are real people not just a talking image in teams.

  13. Bobbie Dodds

    October 10, 2023 at 1:27 pm

    3 ways to be even further removed from your co-workers. Now THATS a TedTalk

  14. Funky Moine

    October 10, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    interresting :
    if you take into consideration that every employer pits employee against employee every chance they get, mainly during evaluations , all your tips fall out the window real fast.
    thank you for trying.

  15. //\//\//\ film

    October 10, 2023 at 2:22 pm

    Actually being friends with your co workers is probably a bad idea. But on the other hand discussing salaries with co workers can help all of you.
    I need a video explaining how to convince co workers to discuss salaries

    • Auke

      October 10, 2023 at 4:37 pm

      How is that a bad idea?

      One of my friends started as a colleague and is now one of my best friends… and that job itself wasn’t fun, but working with him made it easily my favorite place to work for years!

  16. Bubba Dumps

    October 10, 2023 at 3:38 pm

    Right the wrong you did to coleman’s talk on colorblindness.

    You spit in the face of the very ideals of a ted talk to satisfy an incredibly small group of political headhunters

    Shame on the owner of tedtalk

  17. des

    October 10, 2023 at 4:24 pm

    This is a very important topic, for our health. For this, working in a small company helps a lot.

  18. Evolve_Fitness

    October 10, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    This T-shirt experiment is so so true and realistic. I’ll share my experience. I am a PhD student in a part of Russia where there are few blacks. So, whenever I come to an open place or an event in the university, once I find a black person anywhere, I walk straight up to meet him or her. And they’re always happy to meet and tag along for even the whole runtime of the event. In this case, our skin colour is like a colored T-shirt that makes us easily spot each other😅

  19. Louis Y

    October 10, 2023 at 5:42 pm

    Meh. Don’t waste time here or ur work friend. In 5 years time u don’t remember them

  20. Samuel Zev

    October 10, 2023 at 7:35 pm

    Yes wearing matching T-shirts allows better connections with others but that has already been done in schools and yet children who study in these schools feel depresssed. If you want productivity and good social connections then give people the freedom to do the things they want to do the way they want to do it not wear matching shirts

    • mib

      October 12, 2023 at 11:25 am

      This is a completely different concept than school uniforms, watch again!

  21. Diego Foliene

    October 10, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    Good tips, now how can I implement then if I work from home?
    Should I just call someone “hey you’re doing anything right now? Wanna chit chat?”

    • asdf

      October 10, 2023 at 10:53 pm

      Please don’t

    • Diego Foliene

      October 11, 2023 at 7:39 pm

      @asdf I know. Was just trying to be sarcastic.

  22. Sam Smith

    October 13, 2023 at 12:59 pm

    this is exactly why i couldn’t finish sekiro, it never takes the time to explain what enemies are weak to what attacks

  23. Trang Le

    October 13, 2023 at 11:38 pm

    One of the many reasons I continue to work at my company is because of my coworkers; they are my best friends. As an introvert, I may not easily initiate communication, but I make an effort to be friendly and find at least one close friend. Having such friendships helps prevent feelings of loneliness.

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