more about "Playful and serious", posted with vodpodYou'll need to play more at work in order to create outstanding resultsTim Brown, CEO of legendary design consultancy IDEO, suggests leaders and employees must understand the power of letting go of control at work. People eager to create results and making a difference will then discover the power of free thinking occuring when we let go of conventional working style.The video shows a speech he gave at the TED conference in Monterey in February 2008. Brown heads a design company. Logically he is used to be working with physical objects. Nevertheless, he also works with what he calls 'designing experiences'. That is, enabling desing to improve people's everyday situations and experiences.He provides us with some clues of what we can do at work in order to improve our ability to view, think and work less locked.Brown points out a couple of challenges in many organisations We fear the judgement of our peers: We are embarrassed to showing our ideas to those around us. This fear causes us being conservative about sharing our ideas. Children do not have that fear, Brown claims. They are eager to show whatever they make to their surroundings. Kids who feel secure are the ones who feel most free to play. We self edit our selves too early: Instead we ought to let go, explore lots of things, go for quantity. We all constantly come up with new ideas or new angles on how to solve a problem. Still, there is a strong tendency as grown ups to stop, shake off that new idea, and return to routine. Why? Perhaps in order to get things done, even if it's a suboptimal manner of solving a problem. Brown thinks this is wrong thinking. Challenge yourself more often!How can we create work arenas where people can prosper? Playfulness is important: It helps people do their work better and feel better when they work. Go ahead, play around yourself and let go of control. Think as a child: a kid would rather explore a new thing when it comes across something unfamiliar. Instead of r