Play dough was given to a group of 10 children and 10 adults. The kids tore theirs open and made crazy things with it. They combined colors and shared their dough to make mythical creatures and abstract designs. They had fun!
The adults took their own dough and each made an object with theirs. No sharing, and instead ended up with monochrome, common items such as snakes, snowmen and houses. Dull!
How often do we act like adults with our resources and just make things that are the "same old, same old?" How can we capitalize on the childlike energy that new staff members bring to an organization or consciously force ourselves to push the limits of what has become routine? Maybe you can take a container of play dough to your next meeting and see how the clay can be a model for new configurations of ideas.
-- beth triplett
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