Having fun at work can make your teams more productive — and these experts built a business around it

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These experts built a business around having fun at work. They share some tips for how leaders can fit game play and team-building into workplaces of the future.

Jan 27, 2023

At many workplaces, coworker bonding looks vastly different now than it did pre-COVID-19. Even for those who have returned to the office regularly, the default ways of connecting have changed. Fun dept. founder Nick Gianoulis and chief creative officer Christopher Bruce spoke with The Inquirer about the business case for having fun at work, and how business leaders can fit game play and team-building into the workplace of the future.Your whole business is based on making the workplace more fun, right? So what does that mean to you, and why is it necessary?As a young manager, I was charged with not just generating revenue and that kind of thing, but motivating employees.

Leaders are trying to figure out what model works best now — remote, in-person or hybrid. Do you have any opinions on that?I do feel like the hybrid workplace is the right workplace. People need flexibility in their schedules. I truly believe and statistics bear it out that people are very productive at home. I’m way more productive at home than I am in the office. I go to the office to have fun with the employees. … I am not doing a lot of work when I’m there.

 

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