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How much fun should you have at work?

One rarely hears about playfulness at work these days. Yet, the best jokes are glorious, and the working world would be a far better place if we had a great deal more of them.

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How much fun do you generally have at work?

I found myself asking this question the other day, when I came across a British academic named William Donald. He is an associate professor at the University of Southampton, where he works on career development and human resources management, and in 2022 he had a brainwave.

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Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.

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