Where Did All The Fun Go?
summary
Claims that fun at work drops when passion gets industrialized and rituals get replaced by control and phones; supports that with community examples and small experiments: archival videos, a citizen-implemented pigeon protocol transfer, office stunts like chair rowing and Nerf battles, and a crowdsourced five-reason analysis. A concrete change deployed is a retro moved to a bar that produces the best retrospective ever—teams speak openly and the intervention proves effective. Suggestions: reduce phone use and design playful rituals.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 4:02Why heavy metal and fun
- 9:39History of fun at work
- 16:40Reasons for losing fun
- 22:21Solutions for more fun
