Elizabeth Cushing's guest appearances

Elizabeth Cushing

The Gartner Talent Angle

Unleashing Social Change

Dan Heath

Daniel Kahneman

Annie Duke

Mark Manson

Dorie Clark

Julie Zhuo

Rich Karlgaard

Cal Newport

Kim Scott

Adam Grant

Chris Voss

Keith Ferrazzi

Shawn Achor

Scott Galloway

Bob Moesta

OwlTail

Anyone who has attended our workshops on how to design large-scale change is familiar with Playworks, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, CA. With their permission, we present a case study of their plans to go to scale as a way to teach people how to set compelling aims for spread/scale. So we thought we should check in on Playworks and their progress toward their truly ambitious aims.    In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of  Playworks, Elizabeth Cushing, and dive into the rollercoaster ride of leading an organization through an astonishing transformation and all the lessons learned along the way. Elizabeth has some edge of your chair stories about the thrill of victory and agony of defeat in the day to day adventures of leading large-scale change during a global pandemic.    We learned so much in this conversation and we know you will, too.    Show Highlights:      The difference between scaling the organization and scaling the solution (hint: one has more impact than the other)   Major pivots Playworks accomplished during the pandemic    Setting an aim invigorates organizations and galvanizes donor support, and is well worth doing, even if the aim is not achieved   What’s next for Playworks     Show Resources:     Recesslab.org    Game Library      Pre-order Becky’s Book  Impact With Integrity: Repair the World Without Breaking Yourself

Anyone who has attended our workshops on how to design large-scale change is familiar with Playworks, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, CA. With their permission, we present a case study of their plans to go to scale as a way to teach people how to set compelling aims for spread/scale. So we thought we should check in on Playworks and their progress toward their truly ambitious aims.    In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of <a href="https://www.playworks.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Playworks</a>, Elizabeth Cushing, and dive into the rollercoaster ride of leading an organization through an astonishing transformation and all the lessons learned along the way. Elizabeth has some edge of your chair stories about the thrill of victory and agony of defeat in the day to day adventures of leading large-scale change during a global pandemic.  We learned so much in this conversation and we know you will, too.  Show Highlights:  <ul> <li> The difference between scaling the organization and scaling the solution (hint: one has more impact than the other) </li> <li> Major pivots Playworks accomplished during the pandemic  </li> <li> Setting an aim invigorates organizations and galvanizes donor support, and is well worth doing, even if the aim is not achieved </li> <li> What’s next for Playworks  </li> </ul> Show Resources:  <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.recesslab.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Recesslab.org</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.playworks.org/game-library/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Game Library</a> </li> </ul> Pre-order Becky’s Book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Integrity-Without-Breaking-Yourself/dp/1954854277/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2504V6YACQZ4J&amp;keywords=impact+with+integrity&amp;qid=1642106813&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=impact+with+in%2Cstripbooks%2C201&amp;sr=1-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Impact With Integrity: Repair the World Without Breaking Yourself</a>

Episode 43: Elizabeth Cushing "Shift Aims to Scale Joy"

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. Play keeps us in the moment. It is unpredictable and fun, and it keeps people's attention. So why not play in the workplace? In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Cushing, the President and COO of Playworks, on how to use play tactics originally used on children to promote a healthy, profitable organization. 

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. Play keeps us in the moment. It is unpredictable and fun, and it keeps people's attention. So why not play in the workplace? In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Cushing, the President and COO of Playworks, on how to use play tactics originally used on children to promote a healthy, profitable organization.

SPOTLIGHT: How Play Drives Culture with Elizabeth Cushing, Playworks

Play keeps us in the moment. It is unpredictable and fun, and it keeps the attention of people. So why not play in the workplace? We talk to Elizabeth Cushing, the President and COO of Playworks, an organization that works with children in elementary schools to play in a socially and emotionally intelligent way. In this episode, Elizabeth shares how to use play tactics like her organization uses with children in order to promote a healthy, profitable organization.

Play keeps us in the moment. It is unpredictable and fun, and it keeps the attention of people. So why not play in the workplace? We talk to Elizabeth Cushing, the President and COO of Playworks, an organization that works with children in elementary schools to play in a socially and emotionally intelligent way. In this episode, Elizabeth shares how to use play tactics like her organization uses with children in order to promote a healthy, profitable organization.