Rock Out, At the Office??
Want to share this fun story I just came across on NPR:
M5, a telecom company based in New York City, has started a company tradition of hosting band practice for its employees once a week. In each session, bands of 4 or 5 colleagues will get together and, led by a local music educator, work through covers of rock songs. The only rules for these sessions are: you must have fun, and you must only play an instrument you don’t already know how to play; it gets people in the habit of learning new things, which is great for morale and productivity. Office founder Phelim White explains that the company founders met while playing music, and have long wanted to find away to incorporate the spirit and philosophy of a rock band into their business environment.
The weekly band practices will culminate this May when the company holds a birthday party in New York City, the centerpiece of which is a battle of the bands content that pits each office against each other.
Read the full article here.
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