“It’s all a matter of Perspective.” Incorporating Play to Help Solve Problems
“It’s all a matter of Perspective.” Incorporating Play to Help Solve Problems with Jessie Shternshus Presented at FITC Toronto 2015 More info at www.fitc.ca OVERVIEW To encourage open-ended behaviour and flip perspective on a problem, it is important to incorporate play. Jessie’s learned a lot about how to infuse play into problem solving through a lifetime of doing and teaching applied improvisation, and through watching how her children look at the world. This interactive talk will be about her personal narrative at home and at work, and on how we can use play to be better problem solvers. Jessie will teach you a couple of techniques that you can employ after you leave FITC and get back to your desk. OBJECTIVE To understand how play can positively affect problem solving. TARGET AUDIENCE People looking for new creative problem solving tools. FIVE THINGS AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL LEARN How to infuse play into problem solving. How to reframe problems. How to change perspective. The value of tapping into your childlike ways. To ask ‘What if’?’
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“It’s all a matter of Perspective.” Incorporating Play to Help Solve Problems
- 2. WHO AM I 2Thursday, April 23, 15
- 3. It’s All a Matter of Perspective: Using Play to Help Solve Problems 3Thursday, April 23, 15
- 4. HELLO WORLD! 4Thursday, April 23, 15
- 5. WHAT IS PLAY? 5Thursday, April 23, 15
- 6. @theimproveffect “Play is a state of mind where we feel challenged, focused, creative and alive.” -Jessica Walsh 6Thursday, April 23, 15
- 9. @theimproveffect CREATIVITY TEST Creative Genius Adults = 2% Kids ages 8 to 10 = 32 % Kids ages 3 to 5 = 98 % 9Thursday, April 23, 15
- 10. @theimproveffect PLAY AT HOME 10Thursday, April 23, 15
- 11. MY INSPIRATION 11Thursday, April 23, 15
- 14. PLAY AT WORK 14Thursday, April 23, 15
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- 18. GET HEALTHY 18Thursday, April 23, 15
- 20. REFRAME PROBLEMS 5 + 5 = ? ? + ? = 10 20Thursday, April 23, 15
- 21. CHANGE PERSPECTIVE 21Thursday, April 23, 15
- 22. COMBINE IDEAS 22Thursday, April 23, 15
- 23. CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS 23Thursday, April 23, 15
- 25. @theimproveffect What if? What else? DESIGNTIME 25Thursday, April 23, 15
- 27. CRISIS AND OBJECT 27Thursday, April 23, 15
- 28. BUILD A PRODUCT 28Thursday, April 23, 15
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- 31. PLAY 31Thursday, April 23, 15
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