Fun Works, 2nd Edition

XI

FOREWORD

If I had to name the number one quality that distinguishes the most exemplary leaders I have interviewed,” I said to my wife, Tae, “it would be passion.” I made that comment after a conversation in London with Claire Owen, founder and managing director of the SG Group, a 110-person firm that’s a collection of four businesses designed to meet the marketing, recruitment, and human resource needs of agencies and corporations. I first learned about Claire from a photo I saw in a business magazine. In the picture were people covered in mud, driving all-terrain vehicles and riding in tanks. The accompanying article reported, in part, “Twice a year, Stopgap (a company in the SG Group) takes its employees on unconventional outings, such ...