Serious Play
These articles explore the link between humour, play and creativity. It is now commonly known that the most creative people and organizations engage in problem solving in playful ways. In this section you’ll find articles showing the value of play for creativity and hopefully a few video’s that will make you laugh and maybe spark creativity.
“Laughter provides a train wreck for the mind, suspending thought and being in the moment, which opens the channels for innovative, creative thinking. You can’t think while you are laughing. Try it. Try doing a calculus problem (or moving a couch) while in the throes of laughter. It can’t be done. But what it does do is metaphorically open the cranial channels and allow for creative, innovative thinking to emerge.” (Lemons, G. 2005)
Think Jar Collective founder Ben Weinlick shares some insights on parallels between the wild Buddhist Yogis of old and Creative Provocations in innovation and systems change work for good.