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The diyas are packed away, the sweet boxes are nearly empty, and your team is back to inboxes and stand-ups. But Diwali proved something: people show up for each other when there’s a reason to celebrate.
Three tools to keep that glow going the rest of the year, one for game night, one for a virtual office worth decorating, and one for the thank-yous that usually get lost in Slack.
👇 Scroll below for TOOLiee’s Pick of the Day, tools we think are actually worth your time.
🧠 Here's a TOOLiee Fun Fact!
Only 20% of employees worldwide were engaged at work in 2025, the lowest since 2020, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026. If a festival can light up your whole office for a week, imagine what a regular Tuesday could do with a little help.
💡 Knowledge Bytes
📌 Manager engagement fell from 27% to 22% in 2025, the biggest yearly drop, and Gallup says it accounts for most of the recent decline.
📌 22% of employees worldwide felt lonely a lot of the previous day in 2026, per Gallup’s global data. South Asia was tied for the highest of any region at 28%. A festive team moment helps more than it looks.
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1️⃣ Kahoot!
Game-based platform where hosts run live quizzes, polls, and word clouds that everyone joins from their phones, in person or on a video call, with self-paced challenges for anyone who misses the live round.
Why HRs love Kahoot!
📌 Live games work in the office or on a video call, so a post-Diwali quiz includes your remote folks.
📌 The AI generator drafts questions from a topic in seconds, so festive trivia doesn’t eat your afternoon.
📌 Self-paced challenges and Microsoft Teams integration, including reminders, cover the people who couldn’t join live.
📌 Polls and word clouds turn “how was your Diwali?” into a team conversation.
2️⃣ Gather
Virtual office where avatars walk around a customisable 2D space and talk over spatial audio and video, so teams can mingle instead of scheduling another call.
Why HRs love Gather
📌 Walk up to someone and talk, with audio and video that fade in and out as you move.
📌 Built-in games like Tetris, Codenames, and Draw Battle, plus a go-kart Grand Prix, for team socials.
📌 Decorate the space with the Build Tool and run a desk-decorating contest, which suits the festive season.
📌 Spotlight and Private Areas let you gather everyone for an announcement, then split into small groups for icebreakers.
3️⃣ EngageWith
Peer recognition and pulse survey platform built into Slack and Microsoft Teams, with points that turn thank-yous into rewards, plus birthday and work anniversary celebrations on autopilot.
Why HRs love EngageWith
📌 Anyone can send a Kudos or Shoutout inside Slack or Teams, so appreciation doesn’t need a separate app.
📌 Recipients earn points they can redeem through a vendor catalog, which fits the move toward employee-choice gifting.
📌 Birthdays and work anniversaries get celebrated automatically, so festive cheer doesn’t depend on someone remembering.
📌 Pulse surveys and eNPS live in the same place, so you can ask how the festive season actually landed.
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📅 TSOW Meetup Calendar: What's in Store for You in November
Join your local HR community for an evening of ideas, networking, and meaningful connections.
Saturday, November 21
TSOW HR Meetup Indore | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Pull up a chair, swap stories, and leave with at least one idea you’ll actually use.
TSOW HR Meetup Gurugram | 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM | With SpringVerify and factoHR. A morning of real talk with HR peers, before the weekend gets away from you.
TSOW HR Meetup Ahmedabad | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Great people, honest conversations, and zero slide-deck fatigue.
TSOW HR Meetup Bangalore | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and factoHR. Bring the questions you can't ask in your own Slack.
Saturday, November 28
TSOW HR Meetup Chandigarh | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Practical takeaways and good company, no fluff.
TSOW HR Meetup Kolkata | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Come for the conversations, stay because nobody wants to leave.
TSOW HR Meetup Chennai | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Meet the HR folks who get exactly what your week looked like.
TSOW HR Meetup Pune | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and factoHR. Trade war stories, steal good ideas, and head home with a fuller notebook.
TSOW HR Meetup Mumbai | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Big city, bigger HR conversations.
TSOW HR Meetup Hyderabad | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and factoHR. An evening for HR leaders who want more than small talk.
Sunday, November 29
TSOW HR Meetup Jaipur | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM | With SpringVerify and Keka. Wrap up the month with people who actually enjoy talking shop.
Not in your city yet? Check the full calendar →
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