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Here’s to play at work (a manifesto)!

By | June 25, 2011 | All posts, Tips | No comments
Here's to play at work (a manifesto)!

For me, you, and everyone we know who sometimes (or all the time) gets stuck in the seriousness of work: here’s to the value of play!

Brilliant talk at TEDxBulgaria, with a nice example of workplace transformation through play: Read more…

Is doing what you love just doing it?

By | April 19, 2011 | All posts, News & updates | 1 Comment
Is doing what you love just doing it

Back in March, the TEDx Amsterdam people seized the opportunity of TED’s US conference to host a live screening in Amsterdam’s City Theatre. Everyone was welcome, and they invited people to submit their own 3-minute talks for the evening.

I’ve slowly been coming to terms with some creative drive that really, really wants to play. So I seized my day and gratefully (plus very anxiously) received a slot in the live program. The evening came packed with very high-caliber – and often funny – talks on stage and screen. And with so many like-minded ideas gone by, I felt it impossible to just drone out my rehearsal.  Read more…