From the course: Creativity: Generate Ideas in Greater Quantity and Quality
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The characteristics of play
From the course: Creativity: Generate Ideas in Greater Quantity and Quality
The characteristics of play
- No effective expiration of creative training is complete without establishing the role that play occupies in the creative process. The common adult perception of play is that it's frivolous and childish, and it has no place in serious work. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Somewhere along the line, play was removed from corporate culture, but innovation and creativity is still in demand. The simple truth is that without play, creativity can never effectively be trained. Imagine joining a sports team and only practicing drills, no game simulation. You'd become adept at the practiced skill, but without practicing in a game scenario, you'd never improve at the very thing those drills are meant to serve. Separating play from creativity is like practicing drills with no game simulation. Play provides the game atmosphere by providing the one aspect to creative problem solving that can't be emulated any other way.…
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