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PRINCIPLE TENEmbrace Expansive Thinking and Risk Taking

LEARN HOW TO HARNESS AND DEVELOPTHE FULL POTENTIAL OF EMPLOYEES

The integration of fun and work requires expansive thinking and risk taking. When we utilize expansive thinking, we learn to ‘think beyond the box.’ When our thinking expands, we create the room for fun to come into our work. Only then can we embrace the risk of integrating fun and work.

To embrace risk taking means to try new things without fear of criticism, to be able to make mistakes and welcome them as learning, without fear of punishment. To be successful at risk taking, we must overcome our fear of failure; we must be able to bring our whole selves to work without fear of rejection. Once we are successful at expansive ...

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