When I walked into Fishbowl Inventory I immediately noticed something unusual for an office: happy people. The reception area features both a ping pong table and a foosball table—each was occupied by employees enthusiastically engaged in play (despite the fact that the ping pong players would obviously not be competing for slots on the Olympic Table Tennis team any time soon).

Dave Williams, Fishbowl CEO working on the Fishbowl Day of Service

I was interested in visiting Fishbowl, headed up by a former colleague and friend from the past and fellow Forbes Contributor David K. Williams, who has written about having a “no exit strategy” and encouraging employees to stay with a company for the long haul and what he calls “The 7 Non Negotiables.” Dave, and Fishbowl President Mary Michelle Scott, are iconoclasts who are reinventing the discipline of management.