An Enlightened Employer [Burning Man 2012 -Part Three]

Adam responded to me with a blog post he wrote about why he allows employees to take time off to go to Burning Man How very cool and enlightened Many people I met at Burning Man made it clear that their employer or family or community did NOT know they were burners and wanted to keep it that way as they wanted to stay employed To have an employer specifically encourage their employees to attend therefore stands outNow Adam runs an Interactive agency and in the Bay Area no less so his understanding of and awareness of the creative force that is Burning Man makes more sense than being say an accounting firm in some city in the South or Midwest That said as I wrote Burning Man really felt like it was the Renaissance on the planet at least for a week Why would someone in a creative field not want their employees to be exposed to radical selfexpression and amazing creativityI responded to Adam39s email with a query as to whether he could document enhanced employee loyalty productivity and creativity and he responded with this blog post from a Traction employeeWay to go Kasey and way to go Adam I look forward to meeting you both some day at Traction or on the PlayaDavid Houle is a futurist strategist and speaker He has always been slightly ahead of the curve Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment Most recently David is a featured contributor to Oprahcom Check is out here wwwoprahcomdavidhoule David can be contacted at DavidDavidHoulecomRead all Davidamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Evolution ShiftCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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