Why You Need Play to Win: New Business Strategies for a Post-Pandemic World with President & Chief Strategy Officer, Engineered Innovation Group, Karen Mangia

Wise Words & Whisky with Wylie McGraw

For those of you who feel trapped by the rigid culture of business, who struggle to find ideal solutions to the problems you must navigate as a leader or employee, it’s time to learn what it takes to simplify the complex and why settling for what doesn't serve you is a recipe for burnout. Today, with the help of my guest, Wall St. Journal Best Selling Author, Karen Mangia, I’m bringing you a fun conversation that presents all sorts of standards and values to change your mindset, unleash playfulness/creativity, and give you the momentum needed to achieve your goals. And I’ll tell you now, it will set you on the path for true success. Our conversation explores how Karen uses play in business for tighter, more inclusive team function and how organizations can become more efficient in their operations. Join us as we sip THE BALCONES BIG BABY NEAT and dig into the insights you need to know to experience more curiosity, creativity, and positive change in both life and business.

Wise Words from this episode:

• Try to not take yourself, or the situation you're in, too seriously. When we do so, we tend to only focus on constraints and that ultimately obscures our ability to make better choices.

• Setting an audacious goal and going after it with openness is actually a smart business strategy. It can, in fact, open possibilities and help uncover solutions you didn't know were possible.

• Play is a mechanism to shift mindset and make the impossible possible.

• We're all drawn to others who are light, fun, and refreshing. So why do we often limit that same energy within ourselves?

• Karen defines burnout as living outside your values for an extended period. Take an honest look at your own experience -- have you fallen into this yourself? If so, take a step back and identify ways you can get back on track. Staying burnt out for too long has severe consequences!

• Leaders and the lives they lead directly influence their company culture. As goes the leadership, so goes the team -- is yours playful or is it overly rigid?

• When you bring playfulness into everything you do, you can easily simplify what's otherwise complex. Try to fail fast, discover fast, and win fast!

• Curiosity, creativity, and choice -- Karen sees these as catalysts for cultural change inside every team and organization. Question is, are you embracing these or are you making the wrong choices?

Guest Links:

• Website – www.readsuccessfromanywhere.com

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