Enforcing Fun at Work

I always loved having fun at work. Yet in my years at the enterprise there were a couple of times where there was an attempt to enforce or systematize fun. It never worked, in fact was downright embarrassing. This economist article posts about that, giving some examples I had never hear of. Recall though my previous post on gamification, making something productive fun a part of work is a subtle process.

" ... From Red Bull's in-office slide to TD Bank's costumed morale-boosting team, companies are trying harder than ever to ensure that their workers are having fun. They shouldn't bother, argues The Economist -- workers hate feeling that they're being forced to have fun, and there are less embarrassing ways to boost employee engagement. "The cult of fun has spread like some disgusting haemorrhagic disease," this column notes. "Compulsory fun is nearly always cringe-making ... "