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Portia Tung on the Critical Importance of Play in the Workplace

Published: May 1, 2017, midnight

b'In this podcast, Shane Hastie speaks to Portia Tung, founder of the School of Play, author and executive coach, about the critical importance of play in the workplace.\\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n - Culture is defined by what people say and think, based on what\\u2019s expected of them and the environment they are in\\n - You don\\u2019t change culture \\u2013 you grow it. Culture is emergent based on the ingredients you put into the mix for growing it\\n - The high rates of depression and burnout in high-tech organisations\\n - The opposite of depression is play \\n - Ways to incorporate play into work lives\\n - Work should give us a clear purpose, play unleashes creativity \\u2013 surely the two belong together\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2pB6zO7\\n\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2pB6zO7'