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The purpose of Fun
Few companies that I worked at understood that Fun was important. I think smaller companies are more guilty of this error than larger ones. Fun is considered an incompatible companion to Work. (In the same way that Beer and Pub are.) But the truth is Work requires Fun. Fun is where you find things about yourselves, others and solve problems, come up with ideas and generally innovate.
Still, I caught myself reading a recent blog from Last.fm about their new ballpit and thinking “so that’s what my subscription gets spent on!” (It wasn’t, by the way, which is somewhat disappointing.)
A follow-up post describes how they actually built their ballpit. It took them 19 hours from planning to completion – and it’s quite a ride.
You’ll never get that in a company that doesn’t do Fun.
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