Fun Day

Today Yorkshire Forward was letting it's hair down. The foyer was decorated in pink ribbon and you could hook a duck. On another floor you could have your photo taken with a Donkey. The finance department were running a casino and I was plied with more chocolates than at a children's party!
Yet this was one of the most productive and exhausting days I have spent in a long time. Beneath the bubble Yorkshire Forward had invited all it's outlying staff and associates to communicate to one another what they do so that they could have a better idea of an organisation as a whole. For me it was a godsend filling me in on the organisation before I work there next week.
I wonder how many other large organisations which have organically grown like Yorkshire Forward would benefit from such a day. The problem is as we grow we lose that sense of common purpose and value and are in danger of fractioning in private whilst remaining in the same building.
So maybe the House of Commons needs a fun day, maybe the General Synod would benefit from a game of rounders... it would make better television and may make them understand each other and work together better.