Post 7: Having fun at work

During my internship, our department was asked to use a new tool called Padlet. Our department has just finished publishing a new purpose statement that encompasses the recent additions of the different branches of Talent Management over the past two years. The next step after creating a purpose statement that aligned with the strategic goals of the company, was to create a tagline. The director not only wanted to include management level employees, but wanted the entire department to collaborate. As a result, I received an email to go into a board created by Padlet. 

Padlet is an interactive board that lets you pin information as well as post a message. It is a tool that fosters collaboration in an easy and fun way. It gives others the visibility of what you are working on as well as provides an overview of the efforts made as a team. It can have one or many moderators that control the content. 

I think it is important to use these tools in the workplace to provide some levity to our workload. It cuts up the monotony and lets us interact in a different environment. Ultimately, these new types of tools integrated within the workplace can increase:

• Employee Motivation
• Work Output
• Collaboration Efforts
• Work Relationships
• Positive Outlook
• Creativity

At work, we are all excited about contributing to the board and have already started to come up with taglines. I could not imagine doing this exercise any other way. This beats setting up and attending traditional meetings any day. 

What other tools can we use in the workplace to make work feel a little less like work?