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Why Play Is Essential for Business | Martin Reeves | TED

To thrive in today’s competitive economy, you need to constantly reimagine your business. So what’s the secret to sustained success? Strategist Martin Reeves makes a pitch for embracing play to spark innovative business ideas — and invites you to try out a series of imagination games that he uses to get leaders to stretch their…

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March 15, 2022

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Usman Ali

March 15, 2022 at 7:05 pm

Beautiful ❤️

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يتيمة فقيرة

March 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

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Usman Ali

March 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

1st comment

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- Narkel NaRu
  
  March 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm
  
  Wow ????
  
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Ansatsudo - All Martial Arts Combined

March 15, 2022 at 7:08 pm

Play is essential for everything.

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- ScaRlet - Rigtje Hommes
  
  March 15, 2022 at 9:37 pm
  
  Yes, yes it is.
  
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- Angie H.
  
  March 16, 2022 at 2:35 pm
  
  You might be right; that could be true; but, not definitely.
  
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Polruss Tomakriss

March 15, 2022 at 7:15 pm

So does video games and going outside and excercise helps?

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Narkel NaRu

March 15, 2022 at 7:17 pm

The way to “say it to yourself” is, to always know what is possible with what you have today.

But that can only happen once you have a clearly identifiable product that you are selling …. whatever it is.

That’s what Facebook has done. And Apple is not doing much more of. Who knows who Darwin will pick as the survivors of variation and adaptation ?

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ham ali (a.s )walay hai

March 15, 2022 at 7:17 pm

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Angie H.

March 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

Interesting; And: Great content!!!.

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Gaasuba Meskhenet

March 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm

property hoarding is violence. no one should have a second home until everyone has one

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- Wayne2g
  
  March 16, 2022 at 6:19 am
  
  sir, this is a Wendy’s.
  
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March 15, 2022 at 7:57 pm

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Ambrose Heria

March 15, 2022 at 9:39 pm

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March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

Love the. Video!

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March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

10/10

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March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

That man is cool!

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March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

Thanks Ted talk!

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March 16, 2022 at 4:47 am

Do you remember vrbo was around way before airbnb? Pepperidge farm remembers

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Олександр Печак

March 16, 2022 at 2:22 pm

It looks like the strategy of Blue Ocean.

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Davi Souza De Moura

March 16, 2022 at 5:38 pm

Play is necessary for everyone.

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