Play at Work: How to Spend More Time in Your Zone of Genius w/Tina Scala

When we're squarely in our Zone of Genius, work doesn't feel like work. It feels like play, flow, ease; we're plugged directly into Source. Unfortunately, today's world of work isn't about play. It's all process and productivity, "we're doing serious, important work here, there's no room for fun." If it feels too easy, we must not be doing anything worthwhile.

 

That's how we end up slipping out of the zone of genius and into the zone of competence. The work starts to feel like an effort. But it's not only a possibility for play to make its way into process, it's actually where the most creative, collaborative and powerful work takes place.

 

How can we identify when we're slipping out of our zone of genius? Why does play need to be invited to work?

 

In this episode, we sit down with business leader and proponent of play at work, Tina Scala to talk about how we can make the zone of genius less elusive.

There's a separation between my avocation and my vocation. How can these intertwine? -Tina Scala

 

Four Things You'll Learn In This Episode 

 

- "I" not "we"

How do we locate ourselves instead of avoiding ourselves?

 

- Bringing play to work

How do we celebrate markers in a real way people feel, instead of an intellectual acknowledgment of a win?

 

- 'Ease' is a mark of genius 

How do we accept that ease is a good thing, instead of chasing hard? 

 

- The zone of collective genius

What if we could live in our zone of genius and magnetize other people to live in their zone of genius?  

 

Guest Bio 

Tina is a dynamic business leader with over 20 years of revenue development success seasoned in both start-ups and Fortune500 companies with multiple acquisition successes in adtech and software. Her experience is in cutting edge technology including software, adtech and cloud based solutions.Tina believes that a team's success can be both lucrative and fun — and that play is a huge part of revenue growth and business! Connect with her on LinkedIn.