7 C's for Team at Work

• Commitment
• Contribution
• Communication
• Cooperation
• Conflict management
• Change management
• Connection

Imagine Year 2020

Preapare for Future

"Thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics. Universities won't survive. It's as large a change as when we first got the printed book."
—Peter Drucker

1. Artificial intelligence (AI) teachers get better results than most human teachers
2. AI entity earns college degree
3. Computers that write most of their own software
4. Human knowledge exceeded by machine knowledge
5. Academic learning is argued to be unnecessary in the age of smart machines
6. Retirement age raised to 75
7. Major pensions crisis
8. More people using telework centres than home working
9. Autonomous production plants make everything, Asia unemployment increases
10. Retirement age linked to medical history
11. Desktop computer as fast as human brain
12. Bacterial supercomputer
13. Reverse auctions in personal shopping devices (nearby stores bid to provide items on shopping list)
14. Fully auto-piloted cars
15. Hackers wipe out networks, causing chaos and mass starvation
16. Computers and robots become superior to humans

100 ways of rewarding people

Ways of Saying "Thank You"
1. Thank you note – from Manager
2. Thank you note – from Executive
3. Note of customer appreciation
4. Public praise
5. Private praise
6. Send a note home
7. Executive interview
8. Executive appearance
9. Notice board posting
10. Newsletter article
11. Letter of reference
12. Invitation to present at departmental meeting
13. Invitation to present at executive meeting
14. Birthday visit
15. Special assignments
16. Life Saver award
17. Flowers or bouquet

Food and Drink
18. Pizza delivered to the office
19. Coupon for a pizza slice and a soda
20. Project closeout meal/party
21. Coffee and light breakfast
22. Pastries / Doughnuts
23. Ice cream
24. Ice cream gift certificates
25. Restaurant gift certificates
26. Lunch with management
27. Team food day
28. Team lunch
29. Bottle of wine
30. Team cake
31. Project cookies – decorated cookies
32. Project cookies – jumbo fortune cookies
33. Summer treats
34. Chocolate treats – unique shaped chocolates
35. Chocolate treats – truffles with thank you letter

Certificates
36. Top contributor certificate
37. Excellent Project Leader
38. Teaming excellence certificate
39. Customer appreciation certificate
40. High-demand skills award
41. Best meeting attendance award
42. Worst meeting joke award
43. Hero award
44. Superman/Superwoman award

Events and Entertainment
45. Movie breaks
46. Meeting mania – parks
47. Meeting mania – personal back yards
48. Cricket
49. Sailing
50. Pool party
51. Driving range
52. Greens fee for a team member to go golfing
53. Karaoke night
54. Billiards tournament
55. Darts tournament
56. Soccer/ Volleyball
57. After work pub nights
58. Spare events tickets
59. Family pass to the local zoo
60. Family pass to a local public swimming pool
61. Family pass to the local fair / hill station

Trophies
62. Plaques
63. Homemade trophies
64. Group photos
65. Signed football or cricket bat
66. Goofy trophies – Team mascott
67. Goofy trophies – Busy-as-a-Beaver/Bee Award

Giftware and Gift Certificates
68. Gift certificate from a bookstore
69. Book
70. Music
71. Movie tickets
72. Meal gift vouchers
73. Gift voucher for grocery shopping
74. Gift certificates for a hobby
75. Coffee mugs – team logo or slogan
76. Coffee mugs – personalized with award details
77. Leather business card holders
78. Personalized stationery
79. Engraved letter opener
80. Engraved paper weight
81. Museum tickets
82. Team T-shirt with their signatures
83. Squeezable stress toys
84. Personalized mouse pads
85. Teamwork movies on DVD
86. Gifts to children of team members

Time Off
87. Creative giveback time
88. Extra day off
89. Donate a day off
90. Day off for social good
91. Late start or leave early
92. Adjusted work days
93. Extended lunch breaks
94. Mentoring time

Negative Rewards
95. Negative certificates – Silliest mistake of the month
96. Negative certificates – Slow-poke award
97. Negative certificates – Lone wolf award
98. Negative certificates – Headless chicken award
99. Funny hats
100. Negative award T-shirts