Fun Changes People

Why is it so important for you to learn how to work playfully? 

Here's an excerpt from ARE's newest book The Future Starts Now: The Renewable Organization^TM for Faith-Based Groups:

Recent "...scientific discoveries are impacting the way people think about everything. the universe isn't a machine and neither is the organization you care about. It is organic and, as such, subject to change and chaos, possessing the capacity to adapt and to grow. You cannot successfully control it. But you can co-create within it. 

You can stay aware of what is happening and respond in ways that are smart and brave. 

You can work together, experimenting with new ways of doing things. You can commit yourself to learning from each other, from your environment, from your mistakes. And only people who know how to play can do these things. 

In a renewable organization, work and play go hand in hand." 

We've built a little bit of playing into our jam-packed "Treasures in Clay Jar" workshops. We really do believe FUN makes a difference. But we're not the only ones. Check out this video from a group that is doing it's best to prove that FUN can change people's behavior in positive ways. How can YOU use fun to help the people you've been called to work with and serve beside do what matters?!

 

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