The Levity Effect

Why It Pays to Lighten Up

De: Adrian Gostick, Scott Christopher

Narrado por: Scott Christopher

The benefits of the levity effect are not conjecture but are built on extensive research and case studies from some of the world's most successful organizations. New York Times best-selling authors Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher provide powerful examples from Boeing, Nike, KPMG, Yamaha, Enterprise, Zappos, and dozens of others, showing how lightening up can drive real business results.

The book also outlines the extensive research into the subject - studies that cut against the grain of traditional business thinking - including compelling data from the Great Place to Work Institute's one-million-person database, which reveals that "Great" companies consistently earn significantly higher marks for "fun".

©2008 Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher Claflin (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Haha love it!

A very enjoyable book has has great science and great insight. We are already working to implement some of the suggestions in the org and personally.

great reminder

Good, quick read for a leader struggling to get comfortable with levity and or any manager with a desire to make work more fun.

Good but repetitive

The book goes on and on about how having fun at work has all kinds of benefits. It even list some 120 or so suggestions.
If you already agree that you should have fun at work or you're a manager who tries to keep things light, there's not much value to this book b/c it says what you already agree with.
If you're a bit skeptical about the value of fun at work, then yeah, you should listen to this.
The narrator (and one of the authors) is very funny at times. Great job with the narration.

Making work fun again

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely. Anyone who works in a stressful job, or just in a place that could use some lightening up.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not really applicable, so I'd have to say the narrator/author, Scott Christopher, who did a wonderful job.

Any additional comments?

I first became aware of this book through Scott Christopher's work on the TV show Granite Flats. Always looking to improve life in the work place I purchased this title, and am glad I did. It was a fun, enjoyable read, but more importantly were the ideas and concepts.

Even though I wasn't a manager I was still able to informally implement many of the suggestions as part of my team. This was especially helpful during high stress situations such as big software deployments.

I should insert a disclaimer, after buying the book my wife and Mr Christopher wound up becoming internet friends. I can say that he "practices what he preaches", providing appropriate amounts of levity to the world in his private and public life. This happened though after I was able to vet his book's ideas for myself.

Even if you are not a manager, I'd encourage this book if your work place is at all stressful (and let's face it, whose isn't these days). The ideas will help make your work a much more enjoyable place to be.

The time flew by so fast

It was very entertaining and the time flew by very quickly. Having said that, I was trying to adapt it to non-business situations. Perhaps someone has created a similar concept for use in a family setting, I.e. teenagers or adult children. My brother once told me that my wit was so dry, that it was parched. Of course I didn’t even know what a wit was at that age.