{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://embed.acast.com","title":"Play: tales of success from an NHS hospital","description":"<p>A lot of people have asked me if I’m going to do an episode on the importance of play.</p><br><p>One of the challenges of the word <em>play</em> is that its such a broad word and its associations aren’t always helpful when it comes to bringing everyone with us but today's guest I think shows what an incredible thing it can be.</p><br><p>Heidi Edmundson is an emergency medicine consultant in the Emergency Department at the Whittington Hospital. She wrote this article in the Guardian in January:<strong><em> </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/17/introduced-fun-a-and-e-staff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>I introduced fun to the lives of&nbsp;A&E staff. The laughter was infectious</em></strong></a></p><br><p>We explore themes of how you turn individuals into a team? This inspirational senior doctor recognised that exercises her team did on their downtime seemed to energise and inspire them - and made them more connected. I think you’ll end up wanting to read more of the theatrical exercises that Heidi used to help forge a tightly bonded team?</p><br><p><a href=\"https://organizingforpower.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/games-theater-of-oppressed.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a full guide to Forum Theatre and its games.</a></p><br><p>This goes deep - can playing games with each other be a simple way to remind ourselves of each other’s humanity where that empathy seems to be a super power that helps us do a better job?</p><br><p>I loved this discussion so much - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/heidi_ed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">you can keep up with Heidi here on her Twitter</a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.makeworkbetter.info/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter</a> or check out <a href=\"https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/category/best/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the best ever episodes at the website</a>.</p><p>Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by <a href=\"https://www.brucedaisley.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Daisley</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>","summary":"<p>A lot of people have asked me if I’m going to do an episode on the importance of play.</p><br><p>One of the challenges of the word <em>play</em> is that its such a broad word and its associations aren’t always helpful when it comes to bringing everyone with us but today's guest I think shows what an incredible thing it can be.</p><br><p>Heidi Edmundson is an emergency medicine consultant in the Emergency Department at the Whittington Hospital. She wrote this article in the Guardian in January:<strong><em> </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/17/introduced-fun-a-and-e-staff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>I introduced fun to the lives of&nbsp;A&E staff. The laughter was infectious</em></strong></a></p><br><p>We explore themes of how you turn individuals into a team? This inspirational senior doctor recognised that exercises her team did on their downtime seemed to energise and inspire them - and made them more connected. I think you’ll end up wanting to read more of the theatrical exercises that Heidi used to help forge a tightly bonded team?</p><br><p><a href=\"https://organizingforpower.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/games-theater-of-oppressed.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a full guide to Forum Theatre and its games.</a></p><br><p>This goes deep - can playing games with each other be a simple way to remind ourselves of each other’s humanity where that empathy seems to be a super power that helps us do a better job?</p><br><p>I loved this discussion so much - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/heidi_ed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">you can keep up with Heidi here on her Twitter</a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.makeworkbetter.info/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter</a> or check out <a href=\"https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/category/best/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the best ever episodes at the website</a>.</p><p>Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by <a href=\"https://www.brucedaisley.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Daisley</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. 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