Fun Works

by YERKES, LESLIE

• ISBN13: 9781576751541
• ISBN10: 1576751546
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-06-18
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

We spend more time at work than at any other single event. If work is to be effective and engaging, if companies are to compete, survive, and thrive, then the work experience must be fun. Successful organizations have begun to realize that their sustainability is a direct result of their ability to combine the hard science of great product, good strategy, service orientation, continuous improvement, and strict fiscal management with the soft science of people, their interactions, and a culture of fun at work.

Author Biography

Leslie Yerkes is president of Catalyst Consulting Group, an organizational development and change management consulting firm in Cleveland, Ohio

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
Creating the fun/Work Fusion	1	(12)
The Introduction: The Case for Integrating Fun and Work	3	(10)
The Fun/Work Fusion Principles	13	(128)
Give Permission to Perform	15	(10)
Featuring: Pike Place Fish
Challenge Your Bias	25	(12)
Featuring: Harvard University Dining Services
Capitalize on the Spontaneous	37	(14)
Featuring: Southwest Airlines
Trust the Proces	51	(12)
Featuring: Employease
Value a Diversity of Fun Styles	63	(12)
Featuring: Blackboard, Inc.
Expand the Boundaries	75	(12)
Featuring: Process Creative Studios, Inc.
Be Authentic	87	(12)
Featuring: Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
Be Choiceful	99	(12)
Featuring: Russell-Rogat Acquired by Lee Hecbt Harrison
Hire Good People and Get Out of the Way	111	(10)
Featuring: One Prudential Exchange
Embrance Expansive Thinking and Risk Taking	121	(10)
Featuring: Will Vinton Studios
Celebrate	131	(10)
Featuring: American Skandia
Activating the Fun/Work Fusion	141	(8)
The Conclusion: Opening Our Minds and Letting Fun Happen	143	(6)
Putting Fun to the Test	149	(16)
The Fun/Work Fusion Inventory	151	(14)
Other Voices: Stories of Fun at Work	165	(34)
Resources for Fun Things to Do and Read	199	(8)
Index	207	(6)
About the Author	213	(2)
Fun/Work Fusion Resources	215