Play To Innovate At T3CON14 Berlin
Two days to go until my presentation about innovation. I did a first tweet out about my workshop and got some interesting feedback on work and fun:
"Work has got to be play or it doesn't work." - Ray Bradbury
Robert Weißgraeber replies: "why should we limit ourselves?"
It made me think of what work, fun and especially play means to me.
No Games
Someone asked me if my presentation is about gamification. Well it is not at all. I am actually not a gamer. My attention span does not allow me to play board games or games like this.
What playing means to me is to creatively work towards an end result. I could play domino's by myself for very long stretches only to admire the combination of dots or play with Lego for days on end when I was a lot younger.
Domino by Adrià Ariste Santacreu
So 'Play To Innovate' is based in the old adagio 'Play To Win', which is not about the game, but about the result. While this is only about 'win', the innovation game is a win-win-win. It is about the goal, the experience and about you as a person innovating yourself.
I am also looking to do the presentation in an informative and innovative way. Honestly I was never to fond of preparing presentations with slides that cost me hours to get together before I even had the text. It will also be an exploration for myself to see what I like and where I feel comfortable with.
I will try to deal with it in a fail proof way and Inspect and Adapt where necessary for a next iteration.
Join me on Friday in the AOE room from 11:15 - 12:00 to 'Play To Innovate'.