From Workplace to Playspace: Innovating, Learning and Changing Through Dynamic Engagement
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470467223 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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A guide for the company 2.0 Christian K. After I met the author and listened to one of her keynotes, I was very excited to get my hands on the book and with high expectations, I started to read. Not only did she fully deliver but she managed to exceed my presumptions.What I like about this book is that it is an ea. A Practical Roadmap to Joyful & Responsive Learning I found this book to be both readable and relevant. It offers a theoretical as well as practical approach to help trainers and facilitators address two of the biggest challenges we face- how to keep participants engaged while helping spark their creative abilities.Meyer's s. "What the world needs now .is Playspace!" according to Michelle Sanford. Meyer is on to something profound, yet simple, and ultimately timely with Playspace. Her concept is based upon years of research and proves a return on investment for individuals, teams and organizations who invest in the model and who find and leverage places where Playspa
Meyer speaks and consults internationally.meyercreativity. She teaches at DePaul University where she is also a Faculty Fellow at both the Center to Advance Education for Adults and the Center for Creativity and Innovation at the College of Commerce and the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. Pamela Meyer, Ph.D., is founder and president of Meyer Creativity Associates
Each day organizations across industries and with wide-ranging missions are discovering that playspace is the space they can and must create every day at work if they are to think creatively, question old assumptions, respond effectively to the unexpected, and engage all to work at the top of their talent. From Workplace to Playspace is about visionary, courageous, innovative, and persistent organizations that challenge long-held preconceptions about the incompatibility of workplace and playspace. Filled with case examples from such organizations as Learning Curve International, Google, Chicago Public Schools, Umpqua Bank, and Threadless, the author provides both the conceptual framework and the principles to guide practitioners to create playspace for innovating, learning and changing in their organizations.
The "Playspace" approach is being used successfully across businesses, industries, government, and arts organizations, and in those that are well funded, as well as those with limited resources.From Workplace to Playspace is an informative guide for building a supportive workplace environment that will help everyone work, create, and learn at their best.. Author Pamela Meyer outlines how organizations can create dynamic workplaces—or "playspaces"—that inspire creative collaboration, learning, and positive change.From Workplace to Playspace reclaims play as a key dynamic of organizational success.The book shows leaders, facilitators, and participants how to shift their organizational mindset from one of workplace—with all its constraining connotations—to playspace—with the dynamic engagement it fosters. From the Inside FlapFrom Workplace to PlayspaceThis innovative book draws on more than twenty years of research and consulting work with organiza