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Serious Play

An Engineer's Perspective on Fun

and Passion at Work

Dr. John Cohn

IBM Fellow

Corporate Technical Strategy

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What a ride !

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But…. At the same time US Engineering Degrees

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.. And the image of Hobbyists didn’t help..

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If you want to increase your success rate,

double your failure rate

The secret ?

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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much

fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go

out and play as I did when I was a kid.

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Be Bold

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Microsoft

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PlayStation®3

Nintendo

Revolution®

The Serious Business of Games !

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Work meets play meets work !

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Enter … The Maker Revolution !

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Culture your inner nerd !

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Play .. Even when it hurts http://samstones.org

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Don’t try this at home

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Mistakes Happen

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There’s hope !

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