Review the section entitled, “How to Encourage Play” in Chapter Four of Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from
Your People (Hallowell, 2011). As you read you will find suggestions for encouraging play in the workplace.
1.Ask openended
questions
2.Model a questioning attitude
3.Consider having a goofy day
4.Decorate your work space imaginatively
5. Help people think in ways they normally do not
6.Try automatic writing
7.Read a book on creativethinking
techniques
8.Give your people some time to go somewhere away from work and think
9. Play with a child
10.Try what organic chemists call ‘retrograde synthesis’
Respond to the following questions in three to four paragraphs:
Which of these suggestions do you think would work in your environment? Give specific reasons as to why they would work.
How would you go about implementing them, and what are the outcomes you would expect?
Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research