There are business theories out there that every every new thing moves on a time line from practical applications to finally pure entertainment which is where the real money comes in.  So something like a computer starts with highly academic and military applications then becomes a mainstream work tool and then you get video games.  What is odd is when the few things that start out or already achieved the fun end of the spectrum try to go back the other way, like salmon swimming upstream to spawn.

For example the world famous fishmongers in Seattle who throw fish for tourists then turned to corporate consulting with the book, When Fish Fly: Lessons For Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace From the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market.There are of course related coaching and seminars.

There must have been something in the water in the early part of the decade because LEGO got the same idea.  If you’ve ever had a corporate job you’ve probably encountered a team building workshop where supposedly everyone is equal and everything will stay in the room as you work to forge new and better and more effective partnerships (sound familiar?)  If you’re a believer you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog anyway but you might be interested in LEGO Serious Play where for an unspecified cost you can have team building with LEGO bricks but with a difference  “You will be building landscape models with LEGO bricks, giving them meaning through storymaking, and playing-out various possible scenarios…”  Doesn’t that sound like it could suck the very fun from the little bricks?