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Posts Tagged ‘Stuart Brown’

Get Out and Play

Get Out and Play

Stuart Brown champions play. Doctor, psychiatrist, founder of the National Institute for Play, I first learned about his work when he appeared in conversation with Krista Tippett and Paul Holdengräber several years ago at the New York Public Library. Since then he’s been a featured speaker at a TED-sponsored conference on play, published a book–Play: How [...]


In Play

In Play

On Sunday the Green Bay Packers face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas in Super Bowl XLV. Probably unsurprisingly, I’m not a die-hard football fan. But every year, around mid-January, I start paying attention. Inevitably, I have no idea which teams have made it to the playoffs, but I get sucked [...]


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Culture

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Finance

The Art of the IPO
The Art of the IPO

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Innovation

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Five Go-To Reads on the Creative Process

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Leadership

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Political Economy

The Sex Appeal of Freight Rail
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