Why you should play at work?

"when life is no longer fun,
it becomes just plain work"

Truth is, a fun work environment is good for a lot of things including: encouraging creativity, improved labor relations, employee retention and increased productivity.

"play lowers our inhibitions, opening us up so that we won't supress novel ideas"

Some people are just terminally serious and if given the chance squeeze the joy out of going to work. The are bad for morale and productivity. You should fire them asap!

"a happy attitude is best set by the leader who chooses to have fun"

There are hundreds of ways to have fun at work. Try setting up a humor board where you post jokes and cartoons etc. You could have costume dress up days. Hold a meeting outside in the summer time. And my personal favourite.....get rid of disagreeable people.

"most workers would sooner have their hours cut, then their salaries increased"

That tells you, they sure aren't having much fun on the job?

Eduardo