Tag: Motivation

26 May 2016 / Engaging Workshops & Meetings
How to find your ikigai

Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self. Such a search is regarded as being very important, since it is believed that discovery of one's ikigai brings satisfaction and meaning to life. Many (smart) organisations are trying to find a way to motivate and engage their work force in order to provide more...

2 September 2015 / Agile & Scrum
The evils of chasing Scrum Velocity…

Sometimes we want more. Sometimes Scrum's Velocity becomes the Holy Grail. And despite a lot of disproving advice, this focus element creeps in with an ease change makers can only be jealous of.       Why is that? Ever noticed the affinity towards numbers when validating something? Our minds are pre-wired to linear thinking.  There's a strong tendency to correlate cause and effect and the assumed predictability of that correlation. Strong tendency?  ...

3 June 2013 / Engaging Workshops & Meetings
Benefits of playing games at work.

Why play games at work? We get this question a lot of times when we guide entrepreneurs, small and large enterprise organizations. Or a plain remark: “Pfff, playing games?! That’s not work!”. So what is the answer? Why would we like to use games to do serious work? We encounter a lot of organizations that struggle to keep people motivated and engaged in their change projects,...

5 February 2013 / Engaging Workshops & Meetings
Team Purpose and Motivation Empowered by Applied Improvisation

Guestblog by Rutger Slump, letsplayinnovation.com An increasing number of professionals are trained in improvisation skills and mindset. It helps them to play with their environment instead of controlling it, which is especially useful when dealing with complex or choatic surroundings. Improvisation is therefore a very interesting part of the Innovation Game in organizations. “The act of introducing something new” (the American heritage dictionary). Creating next...

2 March 2012 / Leadership & Management
Why attend a licensed Management 3.0 training?

Ever since I have been guiding teams and organizations towards a more effective business environment to work in, I have been searching for guidelines and practices to support “managers” in their quest to steer their teams successfully. It has been a very interesting journey so far, a great learning school! My quest to be able to support managers all around inspired me to experiment with a lot...