{"id":2682,"date":"2009-04-20T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:15:01","slug":"take-your-kids-to-work-dayevery-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandtwist.com\/blog\/generating-ideas\/take-your-kids-to-work-dayevery-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Your Kids To Work Day\u2026 Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nToday is official \u201cTake our Kids to Work Day\u201d an annual event where boys and girls get to go into work and get a glimpse of what their parents do when they\u2019re not home being plain old mom and dad.<\/p>\n

It’s a great program, but it got me to thinking, maybe once a year isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

What would happen if we took our kids to work every day?<\/p>\n

Now I don\u2019t mean literally. I\u2019m thinking more metaphorically. What would happen if we let our \u201cinner child\u201d rule our approach to work.<\/p>\n

My eight year old son is at a great age. Full of imagination and not yet at that self-conscious teenage stage. He loves coming up with ideas for Virgin businesses. His Virgin school bus complete with swivel seats, soft drinks coolers and Nintendo DS is actually one worth considering. Oh and it flies over traffic if you\u2019re stuck behind some cars\u2026.<\/p>\n

What if we allowed our eight year old selves to take over at work?<\/p>\n

Even the most creative and collaborative environments could probably learn a thing or two from making every day \u201ctake your kids to work day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Chances are that overall work would be more fun.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d spend less time setting up meetings and worrying about getting through all our emails – and actually spend more time creating value through imaginative play. This could lead to more ideas. Maybe some crazy ones, but some gems as well.<\/p>\n

Documents and presentations would be simpler. We\u2019d use fewer big words and more colorful pictures to express ourselves. We couldn\u2019t hide behind marketing and business jargon, because we wouldn\u2019t know what it meant, and our colleagues (other kids) would quickly call us out on it.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also be more comfortable being silly. Making fools out of ourselves, and even being gross (think of the eight year old obsessions with spurting milk out of the nose and burping). But this could be a positive thing. If we felt more relaxed and comfortable with our friends (colleagues) perhaps there would be less time worrying about maintaining our images and a freer exchange or information and ideas.<\/p>\n

We would definitely be more collaborative. Few kids like to play alone. Everyone gets a turn up at bat. And losing is tough, but kids know there will always be another chance to play. They have perspective on the stakes and don\u2019t take things more seriously than they deserve.<\/p>\n

Innovation and learning would be more tactile and hands on. Instead of describing new packaging structures we\u2019d get out the Play Doh, Legos and pipe cleaners and build models so others would get what we were talking about and easily build on our ideas.<\/p>\n

Sound pretty cool, right? So why wait for a once year event? Try channeling your \u201cinner child\u201d more often and you might be pleasantly surprised by the \u201cgrown up\u201d success.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my Point of View. What\u2019s your twist?<\/p>\n

How do you bring your inner child to work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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