NETWORKING 122. Play Halloween Set out a bowl of candy at your cube; allow people to have a piece 1 only after they tell you a story or make you laugh. 123. Sport Some Friendly Competition Hold interdepartmental softball, flag football, or soccer (the other kind of football) games. Create teams with people from different work groups or departments to encourage interaction. 124. Be Happy for 60 Minutes 2 Organize a happy hour with your coworkers . 125. Dine Together Go to lunch with someone new each day for a week. Read Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi if you’re curious as to why. 1 Are you technically bribing people to come talk to you? Yes, in fact, depending on what kind of candy you have, you could be giving them up to 100 Grand. 2 Control your drinking, though. You don’t want “Happy Hour” to turn into “Got– black–out–drunk–and–said–inappropriate–things–to–my–boss Hour.” 73