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Reclaiming Play (at Work)

on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 18:18

[Reprinted with permission from DePaul Workplace Learning blog]

 

If you are like most of us, you likely got the idea along the way that work and play are incompatible. Work is serious, focused and productive while play is silly, unfocused and unproductive. This belief was socialized into us from a very early age with parents and caregivers who shooed us away when we attempted to recruit a playmate with “Not now, honey, can’t you see I’m working?”

 

 

Pamela talks about putting more play into work in this recent First Business Interview

 

As it turns out individuals and organizations

Reflections on the Co-creative Process: Giving, Getting & Taking Permission

on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 22:27

Reprinted From SNL Writing News: Writing information for DePaul University's School for New Learning faculty and staff

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

SNL faculty member & author, Pamela Meyer, discusses her latest book Permission: A Guide to Generating More Ideas, Being More of Yourself and Having More Fun at Work

 

1. What inspired you to write this book?

I discovered the power of permission during my research on adults’ experiences learning to improvise, and which I wrote about in my last book, From Workplace to Playspace (Jossey-Bass, 2010). Improvisation initially feels very risky for