# fun at work
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3:04Al's pick: Steve Carse on why work should be funAl Elliott: But before that, we're gonna kick off with this absolute legend. He turned a post-recession layoff into what's now a $10 million ice pop empire and one of Atlanta's most beloved brands. Of course, I'm talkingEP 261 · 25 Dec 2025·other· 3:04–6:362:51Why fun matters at workJoel Zeff: My name is Joel Zeff. I am a keynote speaker. I use improv and humor to talk about choices, how we choose to lead with passion, how we choose to celebrate our successes, how we find success during change and dEP 225 · 21 Aug 2025·interview· 2:51–4:5325:39Making work fun without forcing itLeanne Elliott: How can organizations kind of use the insights of this research and everything else that we know about culture to build a fun culture that is also effective in not excluding anyone? Are there things we caEP 223 · 14 Aug 2025·interview· 25:39–30:1814:17Balancing fun and profit (without the gimmicks)Al Elliott: thinking back to maybe somebody who, a manager in your insurance company, for example, the way you've just described the way that you work, where it is predominantly fun, variety, no predictability of anythinEP 181 · 20 Mar 2025·interview· 14:17–16:2745:20Fun at work — is it still allowed?Bruce Daisley: Yeah, I love this woman I have the utmost admiration for called Zeynep Tan. She's a professor of operations at MIT. I've had her on twice. She wrote a book called The Good Jobs Strategy, and she wrote a goEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 45:20–48:5120:03If my people are having fun, what does that do for my business?Lee Rubin: Well, there's kind of 2 things that I like to point out that I I think help with those kinds of conversations. So like, one of them is if when you look at sports teams and specifically like championship-winninEP 119 · 30 Jul 2024·interview· 20:03–23:41
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