The 8 Principles of Fun

The adventures of managing knowledge have kept me quite busy the last few weeks. Blogging did not have it's due during this time. To make it up to you, I'd like to introduce you to a wonderful little movie called 'The Eight Principles of Fun' put together by Michael Bungay Stanier, principle of Box of Crayons. The movie is a wonderful little reminder of what is important as we move through life with some great quotes.

http://www.eightprinciples.com/

It also is a reminder of how we can take what we have learned and share it with the world. Want to engage your staff or your group? Get them to write their most impactful lessons of the last week and share with each other at the end of the week. Better yet, have them written down without an authors name and guess who learned which lesson.

Want to create a strategy that people can really get behind? Write a story of the future as if that strategy were actually implemented. What would the world, your organization, your family, look like if that strategy had been put in place. Now, put it in the format of a Life Magazine article or a Newsweek column. In other words, make it real. What an impact that kind of story telling can have.

Don't sit back and wait for someone else to tell the truth. Have the courage of your convictions and do it. You are the role model for sharing experience, knowledge, wisdom....and doing it with honesty and without an agenda. Do not manipulate....communicate! And be willing to accept the consequences.

And in the meantime, have a great weekend. Glad to be back on the blog!




http://www.eightprinciples.com/

Knowledge for the fun of it

Sometimes we all get so caught up in the serious side of our work that we forget to have fun. Or, at least I can forget. And fun is what truly makes the work worth doing. Fun and a sense of being of service to the greater good, I believe.

Anyway, I have been heads down in life and projects. Both can be a bit too serious sometimes. When I found the site I will describe here in this posting, I thought 'this is just what the doctor ordered.' Literally almost true!

A site for nothing but fun. And not just any fun, but creative, use your hands and build it, fun. Fun that is new and nostalgic at the same time.

Do you remember building paper airplanes when you were a kid? What else did you try to make out of construction paper and a bit of glue. Well, look no further. Our friends at www.papertoys.com have given you many different kinds of paper toys to build, AND shared their knowledge of how to do so.

Ever thought of building the White House out of paper? They have! Along with almost everything else imaginable. We all know it can be difficult to share knowledge like this in writing. It requires some deep thought to ensure all of the instructions are as complete as needed. Take a look, take a learning, make a toy and enjoy!!! We all need it!