Good Life Project 7 Keys to Making Work…gulp…fun! | Bree Groff
Sep 4, 2025
Join Bree Groff, author of "Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)," as she shares her radical rules for infusing joy into the workplace. Discover how embracing authenticity can lead to brilliant work and a cheerful work environment. Bree contrasts her uplifting experiences in education with the often rigid corporate world. She emphasizes the urgency of pursuing fulfillment now, rather than delaying happiness. By fostering creativity and connection, she believes we can create a more engaging and enjoyable professional life.
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A Childhood That Framed Joyful Work
- Bree Groff grew up in a family of educators where work felt joyful and human.
- That experience set her expectation that work could be playful and meaningful rather than purely performative.
From Playful Teacher To Boardroom Performer
- Moving to corporate consulting forced Bree to adopt a constrained, performative professionalism.
- She found that being palatable in boardrooms suppressed her natural playful approach and felt inauthentic.
Running A Small Consultancy As A Petri Dish
- As CEO of a small consultancy, Bree experimented with humane meeting rituals and flexible norms.
- Simple practices like check-ins and wet-hair meetings proved productivity and humanity can coexist.
