What would a chief executive do when confronted with boxes of brightly-coloured plastic bricks, clay, markers, paper and Post-Its? How might their team respond to the question: “Want to play?”
It is not a phrase you hear in most boardrooms or workplaces today, but that is changing, as playful learning techniques become an integral part of strategic planning, team building and innovation.
Senior management teams are now to be found huddled over Lego blocks as they develop their five-year strategy, while their teams use card games to conjure up new products and services.
Although I have led, designed and participated in many of these sessions over the last decade, it is only now that businesses are adding these techniques to their strategic toolkit instead of using them as a one-off experience.
Why? The game has changed. Human innovation and creativity have been identified as key skills for future business competitiveness as artificial intelligence (AI) tools take on routine tasks and addressing basic knowledge queries. Other essential human skills needed in business today include: critical thinking, emotional intelligence, adaptability, communication, collaboration and a ca
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