Rapid Mass Engagement: Driving Continuous Improvement through Employee Culture Creation

CHAPTER11

Opening the Door for Logic and Science

Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.

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Attributed to Katrina Gutleben

Human beings love to laugh; let’s examine why this is crucial to the success of RME.

Serious Issues and Fun

At the end of a night shift RME workshop in 2015, my co-facilitator and I were shaking hands with participants as they left. A small group approached, arm-in-arm and smiling broadly; one proclaimed: “This is the best night out we’ve had for years!” Many years earlier, writer G. K. Chesterton is said to have noted, “Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.”

So why run ...