Virtual Coffee Break Strategies for networking had to be rethought in the times of the pandemic. Here's one of my favorite networking strategies that I usually apply on Fridays, to start a conversation with colleagues I would otherwise not have the opportunity to work with: 1. Visit your company's staff list, e.g. on the intranet or in your company's contact list. 2. Pick a specific unit within the organization (e.g. sales, IT, production, etc.). Repeat this top down approach if you like in order to make the next step less random. 3. Pick a random person within the contact list of the identified organization unit. 4. Call that person. This is important: don't write a message, but call her. 5. In case the person is not available, move on to the next person in the list and go to 4.. 6. Ask the person if she would like to have a short and spontaneous virtual coffee break with you (real coffee, remote meeting). 7. If yes: Hooray! Go get some fresh coffee, call again and enj...