Comments on: Work and play or rather play at work http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/ chapter four - my 30s Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ethan Bauley http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Ethan Bauley Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:29:23 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-202 Hey can you email me that London Business article you referenced? Hey can you email me that London Business article you referenced?

]]> By: Ethan Bauley http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Ethan Bauley Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:27:47 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-201 Cool! He also uses a quote from Plato often: "You can learn more about a man in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation." You need to install Disqus on here...I can't keep track of this convo! (or just email me... ethanbauley // gmail) Cool!

He also uses a quote from Plato often:

“You can learn more about a man in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation.”

You need to install Disqus on here…I can’t keep track of this convo!

(or just email me… ethanbauley // gmail)

]]> By: Farhan http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Farhan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:47:15 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-199 Awesome! Thanks Ethan! Awesome! Thanks Ethan!

]]> By: Ethan Bauley http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Ethan Bauley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:34:45 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-198 Farhan, I wish I had more time to write on this now, but you should check out this guy Mike Bonifer, who has built an entire team-building/learning framework around the concepts used by master improvisers (in theater and music): http://www.gamechangers.com/index.html/ It's really brilliant stuff...check out some of the workshop clips a few posts down on his site! Farhan, I wish I had more time to write on this now, but you should check out this guy Mike Bonifer, who has built an entire team-building/learning framework around the concepts used by master improvisers (in theater and music):

http://www.gamechangers.com/index.html/

It’s really brilliant stuff…check out some of the workshop clips a few posts down on his site!

]]> By: Farhan http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Farhan Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-192 Hi Andrew, had forgotten about the infamous pool table incident. That's a great point regarding culture. Think companies should have a play budget and a chief culture officer rather then HR lead initiatives for improving company cultures. Hi Andrew, had forgotten about the infamous pool table incident. That’s a great point regarding culture. Think companies should have a play budget and a chief culture officer rather then HR lead initiatives for improving company cultures.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Andrew Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:09:32 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/04/13/work-and-play-or-rather-play-at-work/#comment-191 Great post, Farhan - it hadn't occurred to me, but I couldn't agree more. I think there is a really important point here about the value of informal team socialising - as opposed to 'organised activity' - and giving employees a space to engage with each other. I've seen this done badly at other, erm, well known digital agencies and for me, understanding what is <em>culturally right for your organisation</em>, whether it be a Wii, a pool table or just a shared 'jukebox', is the key to making it work. I probably owe my job to that pool table! Great post, Farhan – it hadn’t occurred to me, but I couldn’t agree more.

I think there is a really important point here about the value of informal team socialising – as opposed to ‘organised activity’ – and giving employees a space to engage with each other.

I’ve seen this done badly at other, erm, well known digital agencies and for me, understanding what is culturally right for your organisation, whether it be a Wii, a pool table or just a shared ‘jukebox’, is the key to making it work.

I probably owe my job to that pool table!

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