One I'm quite proud of creating is The Great Eventually Consistent Mandatory Funtime [Team] Offsite (TGECMFRO). I based the idea on happiness research & the fact that people who get unexpected money tend to splurge, and people who get extra time tend to use it on obligations. So we created a team mandatory fun day, which allowed our distributed team to have a day of fun, and then share back their adventures with the team. When we explain the idea to new hires, everyone shares their personal slide decks.

How we prepared for having the Why-You-Should-Care-About-Other-People talk with family: a thread Step 1: absolutely have a strategy in place, or you're going to end up unearthing several years of family strife and it's going to be an even bigger mess. family dynamics are super tangled, so pick a single area to focus on and keep the conversation on track.