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Episode Synopsis
Hello there!
We’re Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy. We’re a husband and wife team and co-founders of the service design studio How Might We - www.howmightwe.design
We're passionate about Play and provide online and in-house training in the LEGO Serious Play method to:
1) Third-level Educators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Ed_Innovators
2) Organisational Innovators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Org_Innovators
Episode 11
Many of us experience Tsundoku, the phenomenon of eagerly buying books but letting them pile up around our homes without reading them. But have you heard of Tsunbacku?
No? Well, that’s not surprising, as we just made it up! Tsunbacku is the opposite of Tsundoku. It’s the phenomenon of returning ‘back’ to those pile of books that continue to inspire you.
One such book is Serious Play, so we were delighted to chat with Michael Schrage.
Michael Who?
Michael Schrage is a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management's Initiative on the Digital Economy. His research, writing, and advisory work focuses on the behavioural economics of models, prototypes, and metrics as strategic resources for managing innovation risk and opportunity.
Michael is the author of multiple books, including The Innovator’s Hypothesis, Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?, Serious Play, and Recommendation Engines.
Michael has run design workshops and executive education programs on innovation, experimentation, and strategic measurement for organisations worldwide and is currently pioneering work in silverware technologies designed to augment productive individuals' aspects, attributes, and talents. He is particularly interested in the co-evolution of expertise, advice, and human agency as technologies become smarter than those using them.
Since 2017, Michael has been a guest editor for MIT SMR’s Big Ideas initiatives, including Future of Leadership, Future of the Workforce (2019-2020), Performance Management (2018-2019), and Strategic Measurement (2017-2018).
Contact Details
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mschrage/
Email
[email protected]
Research Papers
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Schrage
Big Think
https://bigthink.com/people/michaelschrage/
Michael’s Books
Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875848141/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Recommendations Engines
https://www.amazon.com/Recommendation-Engines-Press-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0262539071
The Innovators Hypothesis How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More Than Good Ideas
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BSZC81Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HRM9X4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
No More Teams! Mastering the Dynamics of Creative Collaboration https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385476035/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5
Shared Minds: The New Technologies of Collaboration
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394565878/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
Additional Topics
Robert K Greenleaf - Servant Leadership
https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/
Roger Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Martin_(professor)
Herbert A Simon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon
Edward de Bono
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono
Erving Goffman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman
Kenneth E Boulding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Boulding
Virginia Satir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Satir
Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir https://www.amazon.com/Peoplemaking-Condor-Books-Virginia-Satir/dp/0285648721
We’re Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy. We’re a husband and wife team and co-founders of the service design studio How Might We - www.howmightwe.design
We're passionate about Play and provide online and in-house training in the LEGO Serious Play method to:
1) Third-level Educators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Ed_Innovators
2) Organisational Innovators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Org_Innovators
Episode 11
Many of us experience Tsundoku, the phenomenon of eagerly buying books but letting them pile up around our homes without reading them. But have you heard of Tsunbacku?
No? Well, that’s not surprising, as we just made it up! Tsunbacku is the opposite of Tsundoku. It’s the phenomenon of returning ‘back’ to those pile of books that continue to inspire you.
One such book is Serious Play, so we were delighted to chat with Michael Schrage.
Michael Who?
Michael Schrage is a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management's Initiative on the Digital Economy. His research, writing, and advisory work focuses on the behavioural economics of models, prototypes, and metrics as strategic resources for managing innovation risk and opportunity.
Michael is the author of multiple books, including The Innovator’s Hypothesis, Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?, Serious Play, and Recommendation Engines.
Michael has run design workshops and executive education programs on innovation, experimentation, and strategic measurement for organisations worldwide and is currently pioneering work in silverware technologies designed to augment productive individuals' aspects, attributes, and talents. He is particularly interested in the co-evolution of expertise, advice, and human agency as technologies become smarter than those using them.
Since 2017, Michael has been a guest editor for MIT SMR’s Big Ideas initiatives, including Future of Leadership, Future of the Workforce (2019-2020), Performance Management (2018-2019), and Strategic Measurement (2017-2018).
Contact Details
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mschrage/
[email protected]
Research Papers
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Schrage
Big Think
https://bigthink.com/people/michaelschrage/
Michael’s Books
Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875848141/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Recommendations Engines
https://www.amazon.com/Recommendation-Engines-Press-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0262539071
The Innovators Hypothesis How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More Than Good Ideas
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BSZC81Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HRM9X4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
No More Teams! Mastering the Dynamics of Creative Collaboration https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385476035/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5
Shared Minds: The New Technologies of Collaboration
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394565878/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
Additional Topics
Robert K Greenleaf - Servant Leadership
https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/
Roger Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Martin_(professor)
Herbert A Simon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon
Edward de Bono
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono
Erving Goffman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman
Kenneth E Boulding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Boulding
Virginia Satir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Satir
Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir https://www.amazon.com/Peoplemaking-Condor-Books-Virginia-Satir/dp/0285648721
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