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Running Surprise Koffee rounds

For organisationsUpdated 29 Sep 2026

Pair colleagues for a coffee each round, and how people choose to take part.

Surprise Koffee pairs colleagues from across your organogram for an informal coffee chat, with a conversation guide to break the ice. It's optional for everyone, but encouraged.

Where to find itOpen Surprise Koffee

Start a round

  1. Step 1: Make sure your people are seated on the organogram. Only people seated on the organogram who haven't opted out are matched.
  2. Step 2: Go to Surprise Koffee and press Start the first round (after that, Start a new round).
  3. Step 3: We pair people up and give each pair a conversation guide.

Conversation guides

Each pair gets one guide with a few questions, such as What do you actually do?, Swap a skill, Field notes, One big goal, Origin story or Teach me something.

Track how it's going

  • Opted in: how many seated people are taking part.
  • Matches this round and Chats completed.
  • Rounds run so far, and the pairs in the current round.

Your people see their match in their work account, and press We met ☕ once they've had their chat. Taking part in Surprise Koffee

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