Most managers see strategy development as serious business. It is ironic, then, that some of the most remarkable strategic breakthroughs in organizations emerge not from well-ordered processes but from messy, ambiguous and sometimes irrational activities - pursuits that can best be described as play. Referring to research in the fields of developmental psychology and anthropology, the authors argue that play can stimulate the development of cognitive, interpretive skills and engender an emotional sense of fulfillment. It can help establish a safe environment for introducing new ideas about market opportunities, generating debate about important strategic issues, challenging old assumptions and building a sense of common purpose. The authors...
Purpose - The paper aims to investigate learning processes in organizations characterised by a corpo...
Play has gained increasing interest among progressive-minded managers as an important driver of moti...
This project explored the development of serious play as a personal competency of creative leadershi...
A recent stream of organizational research has used the term serious play to describe situations in ...
The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulnes...
The activities work and play were seen as antithesis in the literature since the early 20th century....
In recent times there have been a number of calls in the organizational discourse to consider entert...
The notions of creativity consultants on how play promotes workplace creativity was investigated. Pl...
Play provides a means by which organizations explore, learn and adapt in order to deal with uncertai...
This thesis is a collection of three independent but related essays on playing at work and organisat...
How can we learn to deal with uncertainty at work? The answer, as Dodgson and Gann eloquently portra...
Play is a scholarly topic with a long and convoluted history. This faculty colloquium will make a fe...
Knowledge plays a key role as a source of potential advantage for organisations and, knowledge manag...
Drawing on ideas and debates about the nature of play from neuroscience, animal studies, psychoanaly...
The interest in organizational play is growing, both in popular business discourse and organization ...
Purpose - The paper aims to investigate learning processes in organizations characterised by a corpo...
Play has gained increasing interest among progressive-minded managers as an important driver of moti...
This project explored the development of serious play as a personal competency of creative leadershi...
A recent stream of organizational research has used the term serious play to describe situations in ...
The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulnes...
The activities work and play were seen as antithesis in the literature since the early 20th century....
In recent times there have been a number of calls in the organizational discourse to consider entert...
The notions of creativity consultants on how play promotes workplace creativity was investigated. Pl...
Play provides a means by which organizations explore, learn and adapt in order to deal with uncertai...
This thesis is a collection of three independent but related essays on playing at work and organisat...
How can we learn to deal with uncertainty at work? The answer, as Dodgson and Gann eloquently portra...
Play is a scholarly topic with a long and convoluted history. This faculty colloquium will make a fe...
Knowledge plays a key role as a source of potential advantage for organisations and, knowledge manag...
Drawing on ideas and debates about the nature of play from neuroscience, animal studies, psychoanaly...
The interest in organizational play is growing, both in popular business discourse and organization ...
Purpose - The paper aims to investigate learning processes in organizations characterised by a corpo...
Play has gained increasing interest among progressive-minded managers as an important driver of moti...
This project explored the development of serious play as a personal competency of creative leadershi...