How Can You Incorporate Play & Creativity Into Your Work & Life?

06/08/21 • 37 min

When we talk about creativity, the first things that come to mind are usually fine arts such as painting, drawing, or photography. The truth is that creativity looks different to every person. Today's guest, Van Lai-DuMone, teaches us that creativity is about thinking differently and being able to bring two ideas together that seemingly have nothing in common.

In this episode, the fantastic Van Lai-DuMone helps us tackle today's question, How Can You Incorporate Play & Creativity Into Your Work & Life? We had an enlightening conversation about creativity and the positive effects of introducing games and creative activities to the workspace.

Van kindly shared her family's story; coming to America when she was 2 and escaping from the Vietnam war. She talks about how her mother's curiosity and perseverance helped her learn a new profession and get her manicure license. Thanks to Van's mother and her friends, other Vietnamese refugees learned the job and, more than 40 years later, turned it into an $8.3 billion industry.

Van followed her own curiosity and perseverance and is currently the Founder of worksmART advantage, Creativity Consultant at I Make Work Fun, Director of Arts Based Corporate Learning at All Star Teams, and a TEDx & Keynote Speaker. Van holds an MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School; she is a Team Prelude Certified Facilitator and a LEGO Serious Play Methodologies Facilitator.

Some Questions We Ask:

Can you tell us a little bit more about your story, your history, and your background? (5:51)
How do you use your transition story and then take it with you to the work you're doing today? (10:53)
What are other ways, aside from LEGOs, that you're bringing creativity and fun into the workplace for businesses? (19:47)
Do you have any thoughts about this idea of how creativity is not just about playing with something but about tapping into parts of ourselves that come alive and bring meaning and purpose to the work we do? (27:30)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The story of Van and her family coming to America and being transferred to different military bases (6:05)
How Van's parents taught her one thing with their words and a totally different one with their actions (11:02)
How LEGO Serious Play works and its effects at the workplace (14:45)
What Van's mission as a Facilitator is (22:17)
Van's brilliant answer to our previous guest's question, Lauren Nile (32:12)

Resources:

worksmART advantage website
TEDx Talk: Van Lai-DuMone - What If? The Life-Changing Power of Curiosity and Courage

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06/08/21 • 37 min

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