The Hive Mind Isn’t a Bad Thing

They say don’t get too close with your coworkers. “It’s not your family.” “Family comes first.” All true. But let’s be real: you spend more waking hours with your coworkers than you do with your spouse. That’s the stat, folks. Nobody likes hearing it because it makes you realize you spend your life inside a cube farm. But here we are. So if most of your life is going to be spent with coworkers, shouldn’t you at least like them? Better yet, shouldn’t you all start thinking a little like each other? That’s the whole point of a clique, or what people now politely call “culture.”