Imagine

On my way to work this morning, I heard one of my all-time favorite songs on the radio: Imagine by John Lennon. The combination of melody, lyrics, and delivery offer up a generous helping of poignancy, but hearing it improved my mood. I even sang along.

By the time I got to the office, my synapses were firing. This song may be about lofty ideas such as world peace, but it always makes me aware of imagination in general. I choose to hear it as an anthem for thinkers and dreamers. Imagine!

Imagine if you loved your life, the whole kit and caboodle. Maybe that’s not so hard to do. But imagine if you loved your JOB. I wonder if you can.

That’s what we do here – imagine what it would be like if people actually enjoyed going to work. Okay, we design, customize, optimize, and organize ways to spark learning and engagement while staying true to a company’s culture. But behind all that is a dream, a dream forged in our team’s ongoing imagination, that after we’re done with you it might be a little easier for you to get out of bed in the morning. And not only that – it might be easier for us too.

This week I was reminded that working on a team project inspires us a little more in our own jobs. We’ve been making a big push on an initial project with a new client. Not only is the end product inspiring, the teamwork that led up to it is even more so. It really can be fun to work together toward the common goal. The give-and-take, the challenges, the exhaustion – imagine if it was all worth it!

You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one… There’s a whole team of dreamers with me.