Funky government - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Funky government - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Karen H?eg, a good friend of mine, works for the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency and if you think thats a mouthful you should see it in Danish: Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen. They are: the official place of registration for Danish Businesses. In parallel the DCCA administers legislations regulating Businesses, amongst others the Companies Act and the Company Accounts Act. Before you get too many images of a dusty, boring government agency rubberstamping it old-skool, Ill have you know that theyre actually pretty with-it. How can we know that? Because they made we are funky one of their core values. Yep, thats right, a government agency that wants to be funky. This is great news, and a good sign that public work places can actually be very modern and fun to work at. However, the funky value did result in one hilarious misunderstanding. During a parliament debate, a politician from the opposition asked the The Minister of Economic and Business Affairs a lot of pointed questions about this choice of values. He simply couldnt understand why they would want to call themselves funky. Turns out he didnt know what funky meant, and had looked it up in a dictionary, which said: Funky 1. Having a moldy or musty smell: funky cheese; funky cellars. 2. Having a strong, offensive, unwashed odor. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related