Ok, we are not Google, but we do have fun. Maybe not this much fun!

It’s amazing how a little flexibility, respect and a commitment to letting people be people can have such an amazing impact on the office culture.

I haven’t read any of these tactics in any business organizational behavior book (disclaimer: I have only read a handful of them, so it might be out there… somewhere), but I can tell you this much: it works. Happy = Good Work.

Several years back, we used to play Unreal Tournament after work once or twice a week. This game engaged designers, project managers, programmers and even management in a free for all on-line shoot-em-up tournament.

The experience allowed us to get to know each other in different ways, and it provided an additional layer of shared sub-context.

I highly recommend people in the position to steer their company’s culture to explore some of these techniques to improve things around the workplace.

In the mean time, Hoby is working hard to perfect the “Sweet Idfive” re-mix rendition of “Sweet Child O’Mine.”

Like I said, we are no Google, but we are fun. Darnit!

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posted by Andres Zapata @ 3:13 PM