We could think of no better topic to head into the holidays than “The Fun Theory!” Inspired by the video at the end of this post (and the wonderful other videos sponsored by Volkswagen here), we were approached by our guest co-moderator for this week’s chat, Kristen Parrinello, who suggested the topic. Thanks, Kristen (aka @InvisibleWork !)

So what is The Fun Theory? It is the idea that people are more likely to change their behavior to do what is best for them and for others, if instead of prescribing what they “should” do, we encourage them by making it FUN!!!

Whistle while you work. Inspire vs. prescribe. Many hands make light work. Let’s PARTY!

  • What do you do in your consulting practice, to encourage behavioral change by making things FUN? How have you used FUN to help clients transform?
  • What have you done to take a mundane activity and make it both FUN and effective at getting the results you wanted?
  • If a condition of your consulting contract with a client – whether you were teaching governance or working on a capital campaign or crafting grant proposals – included a provision that your interactions with the organization must use FUN to achieve the organization’s goals, how would you go about doing that?

We hope you will come have FUN with us on Tuesday, December 1 at 1pm US Pacific time!