If you are seeking some fun at work, try engaging everyone in improving their work processes. 

Marrying improvement and fun has so many benefits (quantitative and qualitative).  You get a chance to improve your work process and make it less frustrating. You get to be creative. You can improve your skills. You are part of a high-performing team. You end up with more pride and ownership of your work!

If you are having fun improving, your customers get better products and services AND your organization's outcomes and results improve AND this culture will attract more people to you. 

Let's hear from some of these team members and how improvement efforts brought fun into their work.

"This blows away the red tape and lets us go forward with improvements. We were able to streamline processes and make real differences."

"Our team's productivity has improved 10X. We are so much more focused and supportive of one another."

  "We implemented ideas and new processes that we've talked about for a long time but were unable to accomplish."

"I sincerely appreciate this wonderful opportunity for personal, professional, and institutional growth. We are stronger in providing services because of this."

"There have been times when we tried to get together to work through stuff—this is really neat to see it in action...huge feeling of accomplishment! I have never seen such collective enthusiasm and cooperation. Thank you!"

"Usually we just plan; the best part of this we did it too, we made the changes."

"I sometimes wonder if this is one of the main reasons I didn't retire sooner. No, I don't wonder, I know. You not only took me back to days where open thinking, mutual respect, and mentoring are paramount; you helped me remember that I really do have a brain and can be a positive contributor."

"My mind raced with ideas and improvements for days. In fact, the other night I found myself dreaming of wastes and woke up arguing the benefits of flow of single items vs. batching!"

If you don't have team members clamoring to participate in identifying and making improvements to their daily work - it may be time to evaluate some engagement ideas to increase your organization, team's, and individual's impact that includes more fun!