Chapter Reaction: Play

Please comment if you would like to share your overall impression/reaction to the chapter "Play."

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Try Dr. Thorson's Humor Scale. What was your result? Share if you wish.

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View the following video depicting a laughter club in Pune, India:



What is your reaction? Do you think you could benefit from a laughter club?

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On page 187 of A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink quotes David Collinson, a British management scholar. "In 1940 John Gallo was sacked because he was 'caught in the act of smiling,' after having committed an earlier breach of 'laughting with the other fellows,' and 'slowing down the line maybe half a minute.' This tight managerial discipline reflected the overall philosophy of Henry Ford, who stated that 'When we are at work we ought to be at work. When we are at play we ought to be at play. There is no use trying to mix the two.'”

I fear Henry Ford would have a hard time in our world today. Read this article from the Boston Globe. What would Henry Ford think? What are your feelings about play at work?