Tales of creativity and play
2,441,526 views | Tim Brown • Serious Play 2008
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).
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About the speaker
Tim Brown is the CEO of the "innovation and design" firm IDEO -- taking an approach to design that digs deeper than the surface.
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Play
Stuart founded the National Institute for Play and has led the charge in understanding the role of play in society. A clinical psychiatrist by profession, he understands its science as well as its sociology.
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The National Institute for Play
A long history of research into play and how it serves us in all aspects of life.
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Harvard's Tony Wagner was the founder and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Here he talks about play, passion and purpose.
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