Giving employees candy, setting up slides and swings at work or solving a problem through a ‘serious game’ with the Lego construction game: these “fun” management methods, traditionally used by web companies and presented as a relevant answer to the expectations of generation Y, are spreading to traditional businesses, experts say. What could look like a series of recreational gadgets is actually hiding in-depth changes to the way leadership is addressed.
But it doesn’t have a name yet. “Carambar management?” proposes, amused, Benjamin Chaminade, the head of a company that looks at innovative management practices. For her part, Deborah Rees, Director of Innecto, the British consultancy firm, said, “I like the idea of talking about Peter Pan management. Indeed, having fun at work is one of the demands of the notorious generation Y. “Initially, this management system came from start-ups created by friends who were often roommates,” says...
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