To me this sounds horrible, on the level of mandatory yoga classes or whatever is now popular HR move which eventually drives away all introverts in your compan

To me this sounds horrible, on the level of mandatory yoga classes or whatever is now popular HR move which eventually drives away all introverts in your company... Why not just slow the things down a bit? That's what I like to do with my teams. Before dailies we chit-chat for a few minutes while waiting for everyone to connect. No rush, no agenda or HR/psychological playbooks, just friendly conversation for those interested. Who doesn't feel like it can stay muted. Also giffy and witty remarks are highly appreciated on internal Slack channel to make it feel more laid back. As a lead I feel it as a part of my job to make people feel good about working with us, but you can't push people into it by applying more rules. Less rules are way more helpful.