Comments on: Play: FISH Philosophy Friday

By: Steve Young

Steve Young — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:04:25 +0000

I was just searching the internet for materials on the Fish! philosophy for the department I’m supervising. I read the book about a month ago and it’s really inspired me to start making alot of changes both in my life and in the way I do things here, and I figured it was the time to get my team on board. We are a small department consisting of only about 4 people right now. and we work the night shifts from 3pm till 2am so people seem to be down alot. being the small department that is the middle man in our company we tend to get overlooked alot. So I’m trying to come up with ideas to get us in a better state for ourselves and visably to the company. Any and all suggestions and comments would be much help! Thank you… I’ll try to check back in when I have time

By: CK

CK — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:16:38 +0000

Just don’t go out to play paintball … I heard of one company did that to grow team-work. Instead it became a brawl … not exactly what the execs had planned. And the company moral ended up even lower and more hostile! Just be careful what is planned and what possible outcomes would be the result!

By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:04:37 +0000

That’s perfect Jason! That would make us laugh together too. Gotta enjoy a good chuckle now and then, especially if you can laugh together!

By: jason c

jason c — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:25:50 +0000

Well the guy that emigrated from Germany 20 years ago…got Germany wrong!!! That had us laughing for a long time! Other ones that tripped people up were Costa Rica, Turkey and Hungary.

By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:50:31 +0000

J.D. – Energy does make a workplace great. It’s a very powerful elixir.

CK – We have folks that do this with pennies. Or shoot folks with rubber bands. If it works, go for it!

Data Loss Horror Stories – Thanks for sharing about the fish guys. They are fun. I met them when I went out to Seattle.

Please leave a comment with your real name next time so we can connect with you on a more authentic level.

Jason – Country Capitals does sound like fun. What was the hardest one that nobody got?

Todd – A full day away? VERY cool! What did you guys do and how did you get buy in for that?

By: Todd Jordan

Todd Jordan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:03:14 +0000

Great idea for livening things up at work. Also a great way to break tension.

It might seem distracting but the one time our whole IS staff took off to do a play event it worked out quite well that day and for weeks after.

Thanks for sharing.

By: jason c

jason c — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:48:39 +0000

We just did some trivia this week…Country Capitals – it was GREAT fun.

By: Data Loss Horror Stories

Data Loss Horror Stories — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:25:33 +0000

I actually met the fish guys when I was in Victoria, BC. They did a big presentation tossing fish over everyone’s heads. Good fun!

By: CK

CK — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:01:00 +0000

I toss a peanut over the wall of the next cube and tell “In coming!” And I have a BUCKET full of peanuts (that I share with everyone).

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:25:44 +0000

I so wanna bring in a big red ball. Somebody has to be up for a game of dodge ball or kickball.

Then again, your paper airplane races sounds logistically simpler, and safer.

Energy makes the workplace great.