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The importance of purposeful play in the workplace

Aug 21, 202332 minEp. 344
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In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Rona Lewis about purposeful play and its role in increasing engagement and productivity in companies. Rona explains how play can tap into the inner child and promote positive psychology, innovative thinking, and psychological safety in the workplace.

They discus the concept of purposeful play and how it can be applied in training courses and the importance of building trust and psychological safety in teams through play and games. 

Judith and Rona discuss the importance of finding joy and fulfillment outside of work, and the importance of making the workplace more playful and how leaders can convince their managers to embrace this change. 

Rona Lewis champions the inner child, increasing psychological safety and improving innovative thinking. She is a Play Instigator and rallies company culture by engaging employees through customised programmes. She is also the co founder and CEO of Playful Mind Project.

You can find out more about our guest and today's episode in this Maverick Paradox Magazine article here.

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