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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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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 thinking and dream up new possibilities.

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26 Comments

  1. Usman Ali

    March 15, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    Beautiful ❤️

  2. يتيمة فقيرة

    March 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    اخي اول كلامي يعلم الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال
    اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من الحرب انا واسرتي استاجرنا بيت الشهر ب 14 الف يمني والان علينا 56 الف حق 4 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجار وحالئ ائتلافات نبكي ورجعوتكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سغار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره في هذا الظروف اخوتي ولكن انا بنت لااستطيع الاطلاع على البيت للشارع وشافو البيت للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلون وقفوو. عند بابهم لجلوهم ولوخبزه يسد والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعویبکوایمونومن عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في حق. كيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيا اخي انت رجال إذاشفت اسرتك جاوعين تعمل المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الأكل ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي أب مثلك واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع أنا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلاعمدوبسط الارض ومهدها اني لااكذب عليك بحرف من هذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967716183307 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله الاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير،..

  3. Usman Ali

    March 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    1st comment

    • Narkel NaRu

      March 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

      Wow 🏅

  4. Ansatsudo - All Martial Arts Combined

    March 15, 2022 at 7:08 pm

    Play is essential for everything.

    • ScaRlet - Rigtje Hommes

      March 15, 2022 at 9:37 pm

      Yes, yes it is.

    • Angie H.

      March 16, 2022 at 2:35 pm

      You might be right; that could be true; but, not definitely.

  5. Polruss Tomakriss

    March 15, 2022 at 7:15 pm

    So does video games and going outside and excercise helps?

  6. 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 ?

  7. ham ali (a.s )walay hai

    March 15, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    You are playing a great role to improve our speaking

  8. Angie H.

    March 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    Interesting; And: Great content!!!.

  9. Gaasuba Meskhenet

    March 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm

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

    • Wayne2g

      March 16, 2022 at 6:19 am

      sir, this is a Wendy’s.

  10. Camilla C.S. 你好🙂

    March 15, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    Great speech !! On point 👍🏻👌🏻

  11. Ambrose Heria

    March 15, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    You copied my blog

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  12. WBH

    March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

    Love the. Video!

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  13. WBH

    March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

    10/10

  14. WBH

    March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

    That man is cool!

  15. WBH

    March 16, 2022 at 2:37 am

    Thanks Ted talk!

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  16. What The Function

    March 16, 2022 at 4:47 am

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

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  17. Олександр Печак

    March 16, 2022 at 2:22 pm

    It looks like the strategy of Blue Ocean.

  18. Davi Souza De Moura

    March 16, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    Play is necessary for everyone.

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