Job swap - with rules

We were joking about the fact that we could do each others jobs for the day. We were even hypothesising that no one would actually notice. Yes we all perform different roles, in different companys, but at a certain level, we felt the decisions became more common sense and business decisions, rather than specific functional ones.

So we asserted that job swap for a day was completely possible

Together we covered the areas of Finance, Engineering and Human Resources. A little different in nature I do believe.

We then started mulling over the potential rules of the game, as there are of course risks. No one wanted to put their company in danger, nor their personal reputation in questions, so we came up with some ground rules.

Here is where we landed:

1. On that day the only task we need to perform is email.
2. The emails would all be captured in draft form
3. Before sending the actual owner of the job could read all the emails, but could only change 3.
4. We would supply a list of people to call to gain information, up to max 5 names
5. We would all sit round the same table and work virtually together

And with that we felt comfortable to change jobs for the day.

Now did we do it?

No of course not. This was just a coversation over a few beers. But I reckon it would work?

Do you?

Anyone tried anything like this before?

Could be fun.