 One day a few years ago, I was doing my undercover millennial research at a distribution warehouse, and I spoke to an employee who told me about the best manager he had ever had. And the thing he remembered the most was that every Tuesday, that manager would come into the office early with a huge box of donuts to share with the entire team. I'm not even talking about the trendy donuts with fancy flavors. I'm talking about the classics, the jelly donuts, the glazed donuts, the bear claws, the cruelers from an old school bakery. You know the ones where you'd walk in and the glass top counters and you're sitting there, you're picking out your favorites? Every Tuesday, he'd head out early to get a few dozen on his way in to work. And every Tuesday, pretty much everyone in the warehouse would come in early as well to grab a donut. They'd gather around the break room and they'd chat with each other a few minutes before the workday started. One day that manager retired, and the employee I spoke with asked him why he brought those donuts in every Tuesday like clockwork. Did he have a sweet tooth? Did he have a friend at the bakery that he liked to say hi to? The manager said no. It was never about the donuts. It was always about giving everybody a chance to connect. Giving people a chance to get to know each other and to engage for a moment in each other's lives.