Driver of the month

The ability to install an atmosphere of play and laughter to build social ties, relax constraints in thinking and encourage original combinations of knowledge.

This post was published May 26th, 2010 by gudrun.

Tips for good practice

  • Encourage bantering, puns, riddles and practical jokes in everyday team work
  • Seek reversal of logic and inversions of concepts and assumptions
  • Play with words by exploring metaphors, games of association and inventing new word combinations
  • Explore peculiar & strange ideas
  • Conduct ritual cleansing of undiscussables and bad habits
  • Create and mark space for play

Readings for inspiration

Koestler, A (1966). The Act of Creation. Pan Books Ltd

Bakhtin, M. M. (1986) Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. University of Texas Press.

See the previous Drivers of the Month


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