Chapman: Mammals Learn Best Through Play and Seriousness Impedes Learning
Diana Chapman · #130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts · Feb 8, 2022 · at 24:37
Conscious leadership coach Diana Chapman explains why she uses playful exaggeration and soap-opera style roleplay to help teams break out of reactive interpersonal drama.
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“And my experience is the more serious we are, the less we learn. And if you look at all mammals, mammals learn best through play.”
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