Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Fun is Problematic
The economy, or at least some facets of it, must finally be recovering. Recently, for the first time in a long time, I was asked about designing “fun” into a workplace. My response: “fun is problematic.” Intentionally creating a space that’s fun is different from trying to develop a place that’s pleasant to work in and where work actually gets done. I’m all for pleasant, high-performance spaces, and those are the ones that get discussed in this column all the time. “Fun” is in the mind of the experiencer – and what one person views as fun is probably not categorized that way by too many – or maybe any – of the people they share a space with. The sort of fun that generally gets worked into workplaces is stuff that the person on the client side who’s making decisions thinks is fun, or thinks other people think is …
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