Playing it Forward

by Nat Measley

Whether you’re a believer in the proven theories that fun in the workplace can lead to endless business benefits, or just starting to wonder if this may be true, you’ve come to the right place. What you hold in your hands is a playbook. A playbook that will show you how to take the traditional (and sometimes expensive and ineffective) concepts for fun at work and turn them into customized, brief, cost-effective and highly impactful experiences.

In recent years, there have been many experts and theorists who have touted fun. They’ve conducted studies, given speeches and written books that prove that fun works. It’s good for people, and it’s good for business. But we’ve gone and taken the next step. We’ve worked with organizations - from Fortune 100 companies to small family-owned businesses to non-profits - to show them exactly what to do and “how to” do it.

Playing it Forward will show you the steps to creating a winning workplace culture. Our model offers the foundations on which to develop a positive and productive culture – answering the difficult questions where, when, how and why fun should fit in to your workplace? We’ll give you the specifics of what to do, where to start and how to implement fun in a fashion that will be lasting and meaningful for your people. With over a decade of delivering more fun in the workplace than anyone in the world, we are Playing it Forward to teach you how.

This book will help you to create your own Fun Department (or call it whatever you you’d like) – a mechanism to spark conversation, ignite team unity and boost employee engagement across your company. Because after all, you already know that fun is good for business. And now you have a clear path to bring it into your organization. So, let’s work together to achieve those endless business benefits and create that winning workplace culture.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 11, 2015

Reviews

[Florence Ditlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having Fun has some heroes: Nick Gianoulis and Nat Measley of The Fun Dept.
It’s about fun! Say these authors. Fun is fundamental to employee satisfaction, customer service and it will go far to influence your company’s success.The authors’ backgrounds spring from sales, production and entertainment. Dr. Paul McGhee, star humor researcher, was their early mentor. who verified what they were learning about the value of fun at work. Paul’s early research helped us to learn how to use humor in the workplace.
The authors feel that fun in the workplace needs to be as normal as the commute and the coffee break. Yes, a company needs consistent fun breaks, rather than one big expensive party, as at the holidays. Companies with “fun built in” notice morale increases, quality of connections improve at work and it fuels employees’ relationships with clients. The authors also remind readers that management needs humor and playful managers are catalysts for productivity.
Each company consulting with The Fun Dept. is assessed in order to find the type of fun they are seeking. Then employees proceed to build their own fun and reap the benefits. Though each company is unique, here are some fun infusions that provided the desired zip.
Morning icebreakers
Put fun into employee orientation, and extract boredom
Mini picnics
Trivia games designed for your workplace
Mini golf competition
Tricycles. Imagine your employees in a “trike-a-thalon”
“Spring Break” themed activity with optional arts, team challenges and a Hawaiian luau lunch. Tastes better if you wear a lei.

Improve your workplace culture by embracing the tools here…yes you can have your own personalized Fun Department!