Steven Johnson, Joi Ito and Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao
For the Fun of It: Or, the Play in Great Work
Wonderland podcast
How We Get to Next, 2019
Aperçu
Creative play and group activities benefit kindergartners – and they can also profoundly improve your work.
Recommendation
If you’ve always found school stultifying, this entry in the Wonderland podcast from author Steven Johnson will vindicate you. Johnson hosts two guests affiliated with the MIT Media Lab: director Joi Ito and her associate Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao. Together, they discuss the benefits of creative thinking, why it will become even more important in the future and how you can enhance it at your company. The podcast could provide more concrete and actionable examples of how to promote learning through playing, pursuing passions and interacting with a group. Nonetheless, those hoping to drive innovation and out-of-the-box problem solving will benefit from listening to the podcast.
Summary
About the Podcast
The Wonderland podcast features conversations about creativity and innovation. In this episode, host and best-selling author Steven Johnson interviews MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito, and engineer and artist Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao presents a Media Lab invention.
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