Play, an Agile Process
Business Agility; Forbes suggests that Business Agility relies heavily on a need to willing experiment, to fail, find the kernel of usefulness in the failure and grow it. To be able to put people before processes, adapt to new environments and communicate simply and mindfully. An Agile business can change direction rapidly. Czikszentmihalyi has a lot to say about flow state at work.
Play: Through playful encounters we find the desire and ability to create imaginatively, to experiment, explore to take risks in front of others and to fail, to learn from mistakes made by ourselves and others, and begin again and in that process, we develop the social awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience skills required to communicate honestly and collaborate efficiently because in that flow state we keep the enthusiasm for play going.
In addition, when we play we have the opportunity to model best practice and see it being modelled. Czikszentmihalyi was originally going to call his bestselling book ‘Flow’, “Play”.
This presentation will show advantages of using playfulness in workplaces especially when looking for greater insights into individuals ‘other’ skills and qualities and clear ways to communicate ideas.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
Share a mindfulness story to help delegates understand mindful changes to old patterns.
Define 'Play'. Answer the question "Why play at work?' and use an example to illustrate
Use the Playworks® Oz Play Process. Introduce two simple activities that illustrate the benefit and simplicity of communicating using tangibles. (Use Lego® Serious Play® Plus)
Share a clients use of a playful activity designed for use in their hiring process.
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Learning Outcome
1)Consider current organisation beliefs and mindfully change the processes that fall into the category "...I don't know, we've always done it that way."
2) Embrace 'Play' as wealth of tools to develop collaboration, creativity and to help clarify communication.
3) Leave with a framework for creating playful activities that are outcome based and create safe opportunities for participants to fail and learn and enjoy the challenge.
Target Audience
Those considering growing their teams, helping improve communication, and understanding further the capabilities of individuals in their teams.
Prerequisites for Attendees
Delegates should try to notice their initial thoughts and feelings (without judgement of them) as they head into the presentation this will give them some indication of how open minded they currently are towards 'play' as an effective tool.
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Business Agility Australia is a conference aimed at executives, thought leaders and practitioners who wish to build customer and purpose-driven organisations that will thrive in volatile and unpredictable markets.
We're looking for great stories in business agility; anything from organisational design, market disruption and product innovation, agile outside IT and next-gen leadership. We have a preference for unusual or unique stories outside IT. However, they must be authentic experiences. No ideas, models or frameworks that have only been tried once or commercial pitches.
The conference has a unique format. There is a single session for everyone. Each day has three (2.5 hour) panels; the Executive Panel (for senior leaders to share their stories about organisation transformation), Thought Leader Panel (for thought leaders to share the latest stories from the industry) and the Practitioner Panel (for practitioners to share their stories from the trenches). Each session will consist of 3, 20-minute, "art of the possible" stories, a short Q/A with all the speakers and a “deep dive” into the domain. What is your "art of the possible" story?
Helen Snitkovsky
Craig Smith
William Feng
