From workplace to playspace: innovating, learning and changing through dynamic engagement

From Workplace to Playspace is about visionary, courageous, innovative, and persistent organizations that challenge long-held preconceptions about the incompatibility of workplace and playspace. Each day organizations across industries and with wide-ranging missions are discovering that playspace is the space they can and must create every day at work if they are to think creatively, question old assumptions, respond effectively to the unexpected, and engage all to work at the top of their talent. Filled with case examples from such organizations as Learning Curve International, Google, Chicago Public Schools, Umpqua Bank, and Threadless, the author provides both the conceptual framework and the principles to guide practitioners to create playspace for innovating, learning and changing in their organizations.Pamela Meyer, PhD (Chicago, IL) is founder and president of Meyer Creativity Associates, a consulting firm that draws on Meyer's organizational experience and the latest research to help organizations create dynamic workspaces that inspire creative collaboration and learning. In addition to her work with organizations, she serves as the Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Education of Adults (CAEA) at DePaul University's School for New Learning, where she teaches courses in business creativity, improvisation, adult learning, and organizational change. Meyer is also a faculty fellow at the Center for Creativity and Innovation at DePauls College of Commerce and the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. She is a member of the Academy of Management, Donkeywork, ASTD, and Actors Equity Association. Meyer delivers keynote speeches and facilitates training programs and retreats throughout the year for Fortune 500 enterprises as well as fast-growing entrepreneurial companies. She speaks to human resource, management, and marketing associations, and she presents at and consults with universities and community-based organizations aroundthe country. Meyer's work has been featured in Sales and Marketing Management, BrandPackaging, Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Talking to the Boss, Conscious Choice, and Professional Speaker, as well as on numerous radio and TV programs.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-46722-0
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 15/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés