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The meeting started dead.

Not quiet. Dead.

Breath of a fridge. Soul of a spreadsheet.

Everyone stared at the agenda like it was a parking ticket from the universe. Then Jenna walked in, tossed her notebook on the table and said, “Before we decide the fate of Q1, everyone share the weirdest thing you ate last month.”

Five minutes later we knew who had tried pickled eggs, who thought the wasabi paste was guacamole, and who secretly loves gas station sushi. People laughed. Shoulders dropped. Eyes softened. The room unclenched.

Then we got to the real work. Only it was not the same room anymore.

Here is the secret they do not print in leadership books. People do not follow titles. They follow energy. If you enter a space zipped up in seriousness, everyone else zips up too. Curiosity goes quiet. Courage hides under the table.

But lead with a little fun and you are not being frivolous. You are taking the lid off the jar so ideas can climb out.

A question. A game. A quick story about your own ridiculous humanity.

Start there.

Because if you can get people laughing together, you can get them building together. And once they are building together, the real work truly has a chance.

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