Dirt Cake and Open Book Management
David Burton Part 3
David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.
 
David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.
 
In this episode David talks about mini-games, the steps to begin going down the road of opening up your organization, and finally, the importance of Dirt Cake! Our second guest to mention the importance of  yummy deserts in their pursuit of a more open, engaging workplace.
 
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We spend too much time at work to not have some fun being there.
 
Literal notes while listening to the episode.
The goal of a mini-game is get your team focused on hitting the critical number. They also call them drivers.
 
Struggles implementing the great game - getting people excited about it, both management and staff. Finding time to do it.  
 
No question, just the first steps to get started getting the whole team involved in the business of your organization:
Read the book
Pray/Meditate/Ponder if you’re ready and next steps
Search out others running the GGOB
 
First step in opening up the books: buy The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack. (not an affiliate link, they’re not allowed in Missouri - What’s Up With That!?)  http://amzn.com/0385348339
 
The importance of Dirt Cake. -
 
Natural Child World Dirt Cake Recipe. http://naturalchildworld.com/dirt-cake/
 
Integrative Mom Mostly Organic Dirt Cake Recipe - http://integrativemom.com/mostly-organic-dirt-cups-recipe/
 
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Resources
Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf
 
Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx
 
Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf
 
Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html
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