I’m reading Guts: Companies that blow the doors off Business-as-usual, by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg. The tell the story of GSD & M, the third largest advertising agency in the country. Their headquarters is called idea city. I love the name! The President, Roy Spence, wanted an unconventional space for his fantasy merchants. Their is a huge stuffed cow that hangs in one of the idea towers and a ping pong table for bounding ideas off each while they bounce ping pong balls back and forth.

The premise of the space is this: your butt is connected to your brain. In other words, where you sit effects how you think.

And that’s my point.

I’m an “aesthetic fanatic” because I honestly believe that the space your in shapes the way you think and feel. That’s why the better part of fifteen chapters in the book of Exodus are about the interior design of the Tabernacle. Aesthetics are important. God wanted to make sure it looked and smelled and felt just right.

Sometimes you need to change where you butt is sitting so you can change the way your brain is thinking! That’s why we do offsite meetings when we have an important decision to make. I have a formula: Change of place + change of pace = change of perspective. That’s why we do an annual planning retreat offsite.

For what it’s worth, we are designing our office space at our coffeehouse right now. We’re going to hang posters of past message series. Why? Because I want to celebrate creativity. Each series represents a chapter in the life of National Community Church.

We’re also trying to find a Ms. Pac man on ebay Just seems like the right thing to do

I want a work environment that is FUN, HYPER-CREATIVE, and CASUAL. We take fun seriously! The crazier the idea the more we like it. And absolutely no ties allowed.