At our agency, The Change, we were doing well, despite the recession. Poised to enter another stage of growth -- presumably just what every business wants – when we said, “woah, slooow down” -- and we did the opposite. We stepped back to a core team, adopted a worker ownership structure, and began talking about ways to make our lives, both the work and personal dimensions, richer and more enjoyable. (This wasn't all peaches and cream. "Stepping back to a core team," meant we had to let people go. Something that's never easy.)