The Playful Entrepreneur : How to Adapt and Thrive in Uncertain Times.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prelude -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1 Why be playful? -- 1 Work -- Why 'play'? -- Noble behaviours -- A brief history of work and play -- Emily's story -- 2 Play -- Steve Shirley -- Rajeeb Dey -- Playful businesses -- Play and uncertainty -- Robert McNamara -- Play and the medical profession -- Play and fun -- Paul Drayson -- Play and freedom -- Finding the balance -- Reflections -- PART 2 Noble behaviours -- 3 Grace -- Gerard Fairtlough -- Alexsis de Raadt St James -- Richard Wheatly -- Being ungracious -- Being graceful -- Ove Arup -- Don Strickland -- Sean Bowen -- Playing together -- Bletchley Park -- Gerald Chan -- Luck -- Reflections -- 4 Craft -- Thomas Heatherwick -- Digital craft -- In case of fire, please use the lift -- Jenna Tregarthen -- Players and performing -- Reflections -- 5 Fortitude -- Failure -- Christopher Wren -- Norman Fowler -- Carla Del Ponte -- Leslie Thiess -- Arthur Bishop -- Reflections -- 6 Ambition -- Jeremy Coller -- Elizabeth Iorns -- Chris Toumazou -- Léonard Gianadda -- Keith Tuffley -- Maria Dickin -- Fred and Gabi Hollows -- Joseph Bazalgette -- Shelley Harrison -- Reflections -- The case of MI5 -- PART 3 Being playful -- 7 Work and organization -- Being a player -- Being a playful organization -- Playful locations and spaces -- Playing with technology -- Being noble -- Some reflections -- Postscript -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Make it playful: A manifesto for those seeking more agreeable work.

A compelling account of how incorporating play into work can help us overcome the uncertainty and turbulence that surrounds work.

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