on Daniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind,
Chapter Eight: “Play”
Our featured discussion leader was unable to attend so the Library staff facilitated this session with an April Fool’s Day Play Party. This chapter supports the concept that “laughter can improve our health, increase our profits and maybe even bring peace to the world.”
As the group toyed with objects and participated in creative activities, we discussed the book. Daniel Pink states that “humor is showing itself to be an accurate marker for managerial effectiveness, emotional intelligence, and the thinking style characteristic of the brain’s right hemisphere.”
The author uses Southwest Airlines as an example of a company with a “play ethic.” Its mission statement says, “People rarely succeed at anything unless they are having fun doing it.”
The book devotes a large section to online gaming. We had discussed in several previous sessions that this popular technology may be effective in education if used for instructional purposes.
The group contemplated words of wisdom from Fabio Sala from the Harvard Business Review: “Humor, used skillfully, greases the management wheels. It reduces hostility, deflects criticism, relieves tension, improves morale, and helps communicate difficult messages.” We agreed but added, to be effective, humor needs to be used appropriately.
As the group toyed with objects and participated in creative activities, we discussed the book. Daniel Pink states that “humor is showing itself to be an accurate marker for managerial effectiveness, emotional intelligence, and the thinking style characteristic of the brain’s right hemisphere.”
The author uses Southwest Airlines as an example of a company with a “play ethic.” Its mission statement says, “People rarely succeed at anything unless they are having fun doing it.”
The book devotes a large section to online gaming. We had discussed in several previous sessions that this popular technology may be effective in education if used for instructional purposes.
The group contemplated words of wisdom from Fabio Sala from the Harvard Business Review: “Humor, used skillfully, greases the management wheels. It reduces hostility, deflects criticism, relieves tension, improves morale, and helps communicate difficult messages.” We agreed but added, to be effective, humor needs to be used appropriately.
Check out the pictures from our play day!
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