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PLAY TO PERFORM Why Play is the Future of Work Farzad Sedghipour About.me/farzads February 25, 2017

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PLAY TO PERFORMWhy Play is the Future of Work

Farzad SedghipourAbout.me/farzads

February 25, 2017

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MY STORY

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WHY I LEFT MY JOB

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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

70% employees are Not Engaged or Actively Disengaged

Source: Gallup 2016

70%

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‘Why science teachers should not be given playground duty’

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WORK & PLAY

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PLAY CRITERIA

1. Voluntary

2. Intrinsically motivated

3. Imaginative

4. Active state

5. Mutuality

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BENEFIT 1: MOTIVATION

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BENEFIT 2: COLLABORATION

Driver $$$ → Compete Play → CollaborateNo. of Articles 62,000 5,131,066 Status Discontinued Top 10 Sites Internet

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BENEFIT 3: CREATIVITY

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TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY ?

Flexible RigidCollaborative Competitive

Curious JoylessEngaged Disengaged

Work/Life Integration WorkaholicKind Absence of Empathy

Excited Anxious

Vitality Depression

PLAY NO PLAY

VS

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NUDGING US BACK TOWARDS PLAY

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PIVOTING FROM PUSH TO PULL

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BRINGING PLAY TO THE WORKPLACE

Bottom Up

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COMMITTING TO PLAY

Top Down

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MEASURE AND SHARE ROI OF PLAY

1) Engagement2) Employee

Retention3) New

Collaborations4) Idea Generation5) Prototyping6) Reduced Sick

Leave & Workplace Anxiety

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Farzad (Frank) Sedghipour  Behavioural Economics /

Strategic Foresight & Innovation 647.501.2658

About.me/farzads [email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/farsight