This will be my rough notes of the symposium.
Events should always walk-the-walk. What are we told we need to do?
- Ensure everyone understands the purpose, the desired outcome, the manner of interaction
- Cover the technology. Make sure there is room for mistakes and what to do when it happens
- Engage people early and often
The symposium started strong here. And it was great to see so many excited individuals ready to engage.
How to Unlock Creativity Through the Power of Play – Charlie Hoehn
Steve Job (or in this case Steve Jobs adjacent) anecdotes are usually a way to make me groan a little. The guy was not a good person to emulate. And anyone now associated with Tesla is probably someone I don’t want to meet.
I like the Stuart Brown quote of the “Opposite of play isn’t work it’s depression.”
Stresses the key of enthusiastically saying yes. Of co-workers as playmates and work as play.
We played storyspine.
Freedom, mastery and connection – three elements required for play.
Okay, people stop referencing JK Rowling! She’s a horrible person and does not deserve our attention.
Useful exercise a play history. What activities did growing up and did for fun. Jot them down and those are what you were intrinsically motivated to do. I did that here a while back – Story is critical, or why tabletop roleplaying made me the quality professional I am today – Investigations of a Dog (investigationsquality.com)
- Work is play
- Co-workers are playmates
- Office is a playground
If a leader refuses to be vulnerable and play it never feels right. Always an air of eggshells and fear.
Joy Bond – Psychological Safety
Be willing to play the fool
Delivering happiness.com – help for ROI discussions
- What stands in the way of you and team feeling safe to play?
- What activities would allow you to “play the fool” around your co-workers?
All work and no play leads to culture of fear. Leads to burnout.
Ways to make office creative
- Walking meetings
- Company outings during work
- Company potlucks during work
- Contests during work
- Playful cues with no obligations to use them
RECESS – The act of stepping away creates creativity
Great question – how do we incentive play in the workplace.
Started kind of weak (and I resicovered my dislike of quoting) but very valuable session. I’ll read his work.
When Virtual Communication Might Curb Creativity – Dr Melanie Brucks
“Can we collaborate when interact on-line”
Shared environment and visual focus and the influence on divergent thinking and convergent thinking is pretty interesting. The mimicking of experiences.
The rating scale for creativity is fascinating. Something we talk about a lot in idea management. Need to followup on this.
Great science dose to start thinking about creativity and work.
Understanding the Power of Environmental Space on Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation – Matt Chadder
Environmental space capturing attention is a critical thing for design of workspace. I’m shocked we aren’t talking about this more in Lean circles.
I need to read more about this. There’s something deep here for GxP spaces and human error reduction.
Rest spaces – the company cafeteria – as the number one place to manage stress. Looking forward to discussing that in a continuous improvement issue. No surprise hospitals are Matt’s reference.
Environmental spaces to reset culture (3-4 days to seed the new behavior)
Investigations of a Dog 