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Clickbait title. Have you even bothered playing ping-pong casually? It has multiple benefits:

1) Physical activity. Sure standing desks are the rage right now, but actual movement is better.

2) People actually hold conversations while playing ping-pong. One of our VPs would be talking to another one about investment strategies while they played each other.

3) It's a good way to meet new people in your office. You see someone from another department play, ask to join, then meet someone new and bond over a shared interest.

So in HR vernacular, ping-pong has the potential to form organic relationships. Instead of company volunteer days on weekends where half the people would rather be at home with their friends or families.