[urtrs]

> The meeting I attended started with an employee lighting a candle in the center of the circle to dedicate the session to a cause, and then proceeded with a series of free-­association prompts. A moderator asked us to tell a story about our names or a memory related to summer.

This seems to me more like a cult than a company but maybe it works.

[dvtrn]

I'd be inordinately curious to hear from anyone as to how it works though.

[Filligree]

There was an article very recently about how rituals help. Let's see... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17817912

Cults do the same thing, but doesn't mean it's inherently culty. It just easily lends itself to that.

[dvtrn]

Well yes, I can certainly understand the impact of rituals, I'm curious to know more about this specific one. Sorry but in a workplace context, lighting a candle and commemorating the moment like this just feels...kitschy to me