Colonel Jason “TOGA” Trew is on a mission to help airmen reintegrate intuition, creativity, storytelling, and play into strategic thinking. A Colonel in the US, Airforce, he began his career as a fighter pilot in the where he picked up the nickname ‘TOGA’. He flew in both operational and training squadrons before falling in love with teaching and transitioning to academics.
He is Commandant and Dean of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, a Lego Serious Play Facilitator and an Iron Man Triathalon Coach.
In this episode, we explore the role between play and power, how even being in the military work can be a case of enlightened muddling through and how the best use of play can often be where it doesn’t feel quite right.
Things to consider
- Where does that childlike creativity go missing and when?
- Play as a tool to help solve military conflict
- When is it the right and wrong time to use play?
- Can we just assume that play works?
- How Design Thinking and Playfulness connect
- Strategies for the real world
Links
- Connect with Jason on LinkedIn
- Primal Connect
- Play
- The Icarus Solution
- Article, Playful Splinters
- Do You Show up at Work as Your Full Freaky Self?
- Designfulness (Part I): What if Design Thinking isn’t ultimately about Designing?
- Playing with Splinters, or Three Thoughts on Play that are Driving Me Mad2021 SA Innovation Summit - Rescuing Icarus
- Review of The Infinite Game
- Extended Mind
- Group Genius
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