Check-ins
Five minutes at the start of a meeting. Everyone speaks once before the main topic, and psychological safety grows.
Does any of this sound familiar?
- The meeting goes straight to business and stays stiff to the end
- The same people speak, and the same people do not
- Remote meetings give you no opening for small talk
- You want an ice breaker, but coming up with one every time is work
The actual screen
Four methods
Pick one to match the mood and the size of the group. Each takes about five minutes.
Ice Break
5 minGenerates a light topic. Run it at the start of a meeting to loosen everyone up.
Either-Or
5 minEveryone votes on which of two options they prefer, then one person picked at random says why. Even a large group can all take part in a short time, and the meeting starts on a high note.
Asasore!
5 minA word-association party game inspired by quiz videos and Japanese comedy prompts. "Name something kind that starts with A" — everyone answers with words starting from a given letter.
Urasore!
5 minA word-association party game inspired by quiz videos and Japanese comedy prompts. It starts with the category hidden: "name something ???? that starts with A". The category is revealed after the answers — Asasore with a twist.
How it goes
The host creates a session
The facilitator — often the scrum master — picks a check-in method and gets a URL to share.
Share the URL with the team
Guests join without an account. They open the URL and pick a name and an icon.
Start once everyone is in
The host checks that everyone has arrived, then starts. The state is synced to every screen in real time.