“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” -Carl Jung
WORK needs PLAY to be more innovative!
Think with Things (TwT) is a creative process of generating, visualising and communicating new ideas, from idea creation to problem-solving to realisation using found objects. The TwT process generates many ideas — ideas that potentially inspire more unique, better solutions — which the team can filter and narrow down into the best, most practical and innovative. These new concrete solutions can be taken away and made into plans for the way(s) forward. As such, it can be an essential part of the creative thinking process in education, business and policy-making.
In-house Business Play
Play workshops, events, teambuildings and training. Feel free to inquire about organising one in the future. Don’t find what you are looking for send a note, and I can design one for you!
Solve a Serious Challenge
Build a Wayforward
Construct a Chain Reaction
Make a Movie
Our workshops will make your team more…
Productive & Powerful
See and hear others speak openly about their own ideas and the vast knowledge they bring to the table.
Innovative & Dynamic
Make abstract ideas more concrete and tangible opening the minds to new ideas and information.
Curious & Creative
Think critically, debate ideas, as well as, see, consider and show alternatives to ideas and approaches.
Visionary & Agile
Find connections that link goals to one overall goal that all can strive for.
“Mabye work should be more like a neighbourhood playground?”
Spending the daylight hours, sometimes into the wee hours of the night blissfully working at inventing games, collaborating, negotiation, creating rules, building social skills, establishing roles, building teams, scoring points, using imagination, storytelling, dreaming, co-creating and then going home filled with a sense of achievement and enjoying a warm cooked meal! Does your work environment have this childhood playful bliss and sense of satisfaction for a day well played?
No, our team has real work to get done.
We do not have time to play!
Play benefits so many parts of your team, you do not have time NOT to play!
It boost your teams energy and participation
Play in the workplace has a quick effect on engagement for all team members. There is nothing like it to increase energy, positive attitude, a sense of belonging and communication.
Learn to ask good questions and be part of the solution
Good questions should be part of every conversation. They allow teams to think critically, debate ideas, as well as, see, consider and show alternatives to ideas and approaches.
See your teams variety of visions and talents in a new way
Team leaders can take a lot away from a TwT session as they see and hear their team members speak openly about their own personal ideas and knowledge they bring to the table. This allows them to go away with redefined definition of their teams vision and attributes.
Take the ‘us and them’ out of the conversation
Solve conflicts in team relationships, by representing people and situations with objects. This method takes the finger pointing and blaming away and allows teams to discuss and resolve conflicts constructively.
Build a prototype of your teams joint objective.
Get your team to collaborate and communicate about their personal goals. In turn finding connections that link their goals to one team goal that they can all strive for.
Design a new way around a problem
Building a problem as a physical construction makes abstract ideas more concrete and tangible opening the minds to new ideas and information.
Engage everyone to open up and share
Transferring ideas, conflicts and questions to found objects gives everyone the opportunity to slow down and learn to communicate in a more open and engaged way.