Do you (new hire) have the feeling you 'fully understand' the company culture & values? 

Do you (new hire) have any ideas on things that could be done better?

Do you (onboarding buddy) have any insights you have not shared yet?

Do you (new hire) know where to go when you have any issues / detailed questions on projects & technicalities?

Do you (new hire) get along with your direct teammates and project co-worker?

6 topics onboarding buddies and their new co-workers can discuss

Hi, Onboarding Buddy - First Month

Open discussion: talk about your first week. How was the technical setup? How did the first meetings go? Any nice, or not anticipated surprises?

Let's talk about company culture. Pick a value/mission/vision from your company and chat about how you've already experienced this in the first week (even if you haven't it's fine and discuss this)

How much social interaction is there usually work?

What was your first impression of the CEO/Founder?

Is there anything that's unclear/unresolved?

5 discussion topics a new hire can chat about with their onboarding buddy after the first week

5 discussion topics to chat about between new hire & onboarding buddy

Hi, Onboarding Buddy - First Week

Let me tell you who I met today ... (name names/departments). Who do you think I should try to catch in the next few days?

How and when did you start working for the company?

What are some special communication guidelines or things I should know?

Are there any no, no's for communicating on Slack/Teams I should be aware of?

(Pick a project you have been assigned to). Are there any special topics I should be aware of during this project?

Which company perks do you like the most? How do I access them?

7 questions a new team member can ask their onboarding buddy after the first day(s)

7 questions a new team member can ask their onboarding buddy

Hi, Onboarding Buddy - First Day

Are you set up with all tech, tools, and logins?

Is there anything you did not yet have time to address?

If you think about everything you've learned and seen about the company so far, is there something about your role or the organization that's still unclear?

What are you looking forward to the most over the next weeks?

Is there anything I can do to help you further?

7 questions a Manager can ask their new hire to make sure they feel welcomed

7 questions a Manager can ask their new hire

How was your start?

Which other ideas for a company did you have before starting this one?

If you weren't a founder, what would you do?

What are the top three things you wish you'd known when you were starting out?

Think about a topic you have been reading or learning about recently. What was it and how did you get into it?

What is your biggest business concern at the moment?

Why are you the right person to have founded this company?

What makes your company unique and valuable right now?

Tell me about the first customers and how did you acquire them?

What’s the best piece of personal or business advice you’ve received lately?

What do you love the most about your team?

Icebreaker questions suited for onboarding new hires. 

Have the opportunity to ask the founder of the company questions from different kind of topics.

Wide range of questions for your company founder

Ask The Founder ANYTHING

What do you like most about working at our company

Do you prefer writing emails / slack messages / doing video calls?

What's your biggest win of the last year?

Which department do your know the most about?

Which local event / cultural celebration do you like the most?

Are you a morning bird or even an evening owl?

10 questions you can ask your new teammates after joining the team

10 icebreaker questions to ask your new team

Hi Team - Icebreaker Cards

What did you want to become professionally when you were a kid?

Why did you become C-Level of our company?

Which professional decision you made in the last 3 yeas do you regret the most?

Which person or book has had a big influence on your professional life?

If you could go back to a place and time of your past professional life with your current knowledge when and where would it be? And why?

On which topics have you changed your mind in the last years?

What advice would you give your 18-year-old self?

How do you explain your job to your grandma?

10 questions to ask your C-Level exec about their past professional life

10 questions to ask your C-Level exec  about their past professional l

Grill the C-Suite: Looking Back Edition

Select the best-looking masks, shields, or capes, and give your team hero a fun hero name!

Create Your Team Superhero

Who's your favourite superhero/superheroine? Why?

Next, you will receive some prompts which require you to get off your chair and in front of your camera.

SUPER CAPE: You have 1 minute to find a cloth or piece of clothing in your space and use it as a super cape!

SUPER POSE: Show us your superhero/superheroine pose!

SUPER MASK: Find objects in your space (like glasses, a hat, jackets) and dress up as a "hidden persona" to hide your true identity!

What is your superhero/superheroine name?

What is your superhero/superheroine slogan?

To get in touch with Batman the police use a huge light projection in the sky. How would you want to be contacted as a superhero/superheroine?

Which superhero/superheroine companion would you love? (think an animal, a partner in crime, etc.)

Time to show your true super identity with these interactive superhero/superheroine icebreakers

Be a superhero / superheroine

Show your team your astronautic capabilities by naming each planet in our solar system correctly

Name the planets 

An interactive, astronomy-themed whiteboard activity

Hands-only: Show your team your best Kung Fu Poses!

Get off your chair and in front of your camera. Next, you will be shown some names & animals. Show your team your best Kung Fu Poses for these prompts!

Which pose do you never want to do again?

Any pose you had in your mind, but did not do?

Get up and show your creative skills with these fun and interactive kung fu icebreakers

Interactive icebreaker car chair!ds that get you of the

Interactive Kung Fu Icebreakers

What are your first thoughts on workations?

Have you ever taken a workation? If yes, where did you go, if no have you ever thought about taking one?

How far is the farthest you would travel?

What do you think is the ideal length for a workation?

Airbnb, Hotel, Hostel, a Van, or Camping?

What would you focus more on, the work, or the vacation?

What do you think can be the downsides of a workation?

What's your no. 1 destination for a workation?

What do you think will help you stay productive in a new environment?

Where do you think might it be the most challenging (think connectivity, getting around, etc.)?

3 Items you could never start a workation without?

What would your ideal workation look like?

Work or Travel? Why not both? Get to know your teams' preferences with these fun travel & work icebreakers

Icebreaker cards about travelling and working on the go

Travel & Workation - Are you a digital nomad?

Describe your country without naming your country (think food, music, traditions)

If you left your homeplace for one month, which tradition would you miss the most?

Which is THE Tourist destination no. 1 in your country? 

Which idioms in your nation's language sound really funny when you translate them directly into English? 

Have you ever made a cross-cultural communication mistake? How did you deal with it?

Which animal/s are loved in your country?

What's the biggest national holiday in your country? How do you celebrate it?

Who's the most famous person from your country?

Which TV-Show is being watched in your country, that no one has ever heard of abroad?

Get to know your team better by learning about their culture & traditions

Nationalities/Traditions Icebreakers

Which is the first cartoon you remember from your youth?

What's your favorite Cartoon character (Think: Mickey Mouse,  The Simpsons Tom & Jerry, Batman, Spongebob, etc.). Why?

Which character from the "The Lion King" would you like to be and why?

Which cartoon character would be your ideal co-worker and why?

Which was the last animated film you watched?

Whos your favorite cartoon villain and why?

You can fly to a dream destination with any cartoon character. Where would you fly to with whom?

If your life was a comic, what would the title be and which characters would be Heros / Antagonists?

Time to dive into the world of drawings and cartoons with these fun icebreakers

Icebreakers about your favorite comics & cartoons

Comics & Cartoons Icebreakers

If an Alien came to earth, what would you ask them and why? 

You're locked in a spaceship - Which 3 gadgets would you bring?

What would you prep and take with you for a 3 year long travel in a shuttle to another planet ?

You fell asleep during an interdimensional space travel and woke up 1,000 years later ! What's the first thing you would do ?

You can beam yourself to one planet and back (without dying). 
Where would you go and why?

If there are multiple dimensions, which time and place would you travel to ?

How would you explain your favourite dish to an Alien?

Landing on the moon, conspiracy, or did it happen?

UFOs, Aliens and everything extraterrestrial you have to know about your new team-member!

Icebreakers about beings and technologie from another planet

Icebreakers from another planet

Tell your team about your first experience with a computer / laptop

Do you remember the first time you used the internet ?

Which model was your first mobile phone ?

Are your notifications on your phone mostly on, or off ? Why?

Which device in your house could you never sell ?

Do you listen to music while you work? If yes, which type of music ? 

Do you watch "normal" TV, or only streaming services (or both) ?

What's the oldest data storage device you have used ?

What's the Smartphone app you use the most ?

Movie Night at the Cinema, or Console Gaming Night at Home ?

Your no. 1 gadget you can not live without (except Smartphone) ?

Get to know your co-workers by discovering their tech experiences and preferences

Icebreaker questions about tech & tech usage

Tech Icebreakers

Which item do you value the most at your remote work setup ?

How do you prefer to be contacted (e.g. Chat-Message, VC, Phone, Smoke-Signal)? 

Are you the type A) Detailed task description or B) Just links to examples?

Do you prefer work trainings via books, videos, docs, audio or something else?

What do you think are great ways of developing a career?

What's your opinion on audio-messages instead of chat-messages at work?

What makes you feel really valued at work?

What are things that make you really nervous at work?

What helps you the most when you are new in a team / a company ?

How much social interaction do you like to have with co-workers?

Get to know the work style of your co-workers

Icebreaker questions about how you and your co-workers work

How I Like My Work

Which Airport do you like the most / least ?

Which airline served you the best and/or worst food?

Where do you like to sit on an airplane (front/back/window/aisle) ? 

Which was the last country you visited ? Why did you choose it ?

Which travel destination has impressed you the most and why ?

Which city would you never visit (again)? Why?

Do you plan each day of your travel, or do you go with the flow?

What's an item you would never travel without?

Would you like to travel to space? If yes, why, if not, why not?

Whether you have seen the world, or have never been outside your city, get to know your team by talking travel destinations

🛫 Places you've been to

Guess which of these names are real Beer brands, or just mumble-jumble

Is this a Beer, or what?

Guess or find out which dinosaur was a carnivore and which was a herbivore by placing cards on the right place.

Note: Uncover the solution by taking away the cards on the right side

Who eats what - Dinosaurs

Which member of the royal family farts in the most inappropriate / most embarrassing moments?

You can tattoo one word on the Queens forehead. What would it be?

You have to pick one! Which member of the royal family would you like to see on the naked reality TV-Show Adam & Eve?

You can serve the Queen any alcoholic cocktail, what would you serve her?

The Queen receives many gifts, and some of the craziest include the animals like horses, cows, elephants. What's the craziest thing you would gift the queen?

The Queen can commit a crime anywhere in the world and get away with it! Who you think would she like to murder?

Which member of the royal family would most likely have their own secret OnlyFans account ?

Which member of the royal family has the weirdest Google Search History? What would search terms be?

Drunk, Stoned, Stupid. Which member of the royal family suits each word (or all) ?

Answer some not so common questions about the royal house

🌶️ Spicy Royal Jubilee Icebreakers


What kind of foodie are you? A bowl of Ramen or a Sunday Roast ?

Here are 6 questions around food to explore with one another.

Time required: 5 minutes


Icebreaker questions: Food Edition


What kind of traveler are you? A sunny island? Urban metropolis?

Here are 6 questions around vacations and travel to explore with your team.

Time required: 5 minutes


Icebreaker questions with a vacation twist

Icebreaker questions: Travel Edition


We've taken the classic drinking game, and given it a slightly more office-hours appropriate face lift and a further working from home spin.

There are 10 cards to help you get to know your teammates in a whole new way.

Time required: 5 minutes


Zoom, Teams, Hangouts. Get to know your teammates naughtiest habits

Never have I ever: WFH Edition


We've taken the classic drinking game, and given it a slightly more office-hours appropriate face lift.

There are 10 cards to help you get to know your teammates in a whole new way.

Time required: 5 minutes


Get to know what your teammates haves and have nots

Never have I ever...


Can you solve these riddles and brain teasers with your team?

There are 6 cards for you to work through with your teammates.

Time required: 10 - 15 minutes


Icebreakers