Rodent Regatta

I’ve mentioned ”joy in work” a couple of times lately. This afternoon I came across Frank Patrick’s entry about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s new book called Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning.

Frank quotes Barbara Mackoff’s editorial review from Amazon. This statement stands out:

Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart’s content, while responding to the needs of society.

The tide is going to turn soon. Whether it turns on a genuine desire by boards of directors to make businesses good places to work remains to be seen. In some cases it will turn from ”cheap-labor-youth-worker” to ”experienced-worker-age-doesn’t matter.” Other places will see CEO’s who are either good leaders or under-the-gun. Either of these types may catch a glimpse of what it means – not to prevent a ”hostile work environment” – but, rather, to build a place where people truly find joy in their work.

Look for those opportunities and contribute to them!