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Friday, March 14
 

11:00am EDT

Discovery Session: Playful Wisdom: Building Pathways to Your Hidden Solutions
Friday March 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Step into a world where play meets purpose! This intensive hour invites you to break free from mental loops and discover solutions hiding in plain sight. Using the innovative ProPlay Method, you'll physically model your challenges and watch as new pathways naturally emerge.

Even creative minds can get trapped in their own brilliance. This experience moves beyond brainstorming into physical wisdom. When your hands take over, they reveal solutions your imagination hasn't verbalized and connections your analytical mind missed. It's not a new technique—it's a different pathway to the genius you already possess.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

What you'll experience:
- Observe your challenges from a third-person perspective, revealing patterns invisible from within
- Extract surprising insights as natural understanding emerges through play
- Transform these discoveries into immediate action steps

Key Takeaways:
  1. Experience how physical play bridges the gap between misalignment and clarity, allowing your innate wisdom to surface in ways thinking alone never could
  2. Learn a repeatable 4-step process (Play-Observe-Extract-Decide) that transforms abstract challenges into tangible solutions
  3. Walk away with a personalized action plan built from insights that emerged naturally through your play experience

"When rigid thinking creates barriers, playful modeling reveals the path."

Join us for this dynamic session and discover why leading professionals are embracing Pro.Play® to connect, innovate, and transform both personal challenges and professional landscapes. Let's shape your future together—one playful moment at a time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Speakers
avatar for Sura Al-Naimi

Sura Al-Naimi

Meet Sura Al-Naimi, the creativity powerhouse who spent years at The Walt Disney Company (yep, THE Disney) making literal magic happen as their Innovation Catalyst. Now she's the Chief Creativity Strategist and CEO of HiHelloSura, helping teams who've hit the idea wall find their... Read More →
Friday March 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Room 214

1:00pm EDT

Awaken Creativity: Transforming Conflict Through Communication
Friday March 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Get creative in this hands-on workshop!  In this session, participants will discover how communication can transform conflict and enhance creativity. They'll learn simple, practical techniques to foster collaboration and turn conflict into opportunities for growth.

Key Takeaways:
  • Understand personal conflict styles
  • Gain insight on how these styles impact conflict at work
  • Learn communication skills to navigate conflict
Speakers
avatar for Katharine Rumrill-Teece

Katharine Rumrill-Teece

Professor / Trainer, Onondaga Community College
Katharine Rumrill-Teece is an accomplished Trainer, Facilitator, and Professor of Communication with over 30 years of experience leading impactful workshops and training programs.  With a Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication & Conflict Resolution and a Doctorate in Executive... Read More →
Friday March 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 214

4:30pm EDT

Discovering What Matters in the Big Picture: Challenge Mapping to Awaken Breakthrough Powerful Problem Definitions
Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Experience an innovative conceptual thinking tool that integrates analytical and imaginative thinking to create better, more robust business strategies applicable to any complex problem. In this highly interactive session learn a tool and techniques you can use day-to-day to discover both real root causes and awaken to new aspirational opportunities in complex problems leading to new insights on how to best innovate. We will create an explicit logical map connecting actionable tactics to strategic pillars to broad strategic vision as a better way to articulate robust strategies with ownership.

Key Takeaways:
  • How to use a structured process to surface new connections and hidden insights
  • Greater ability to identify the right level of challenge using the “Why/What’s Stopping?” analysis
  • Converge with commitment on the most important challenges
Speakers
avatar for Tim Basadur

Tim Basadur

Lead Trainer and Facilitator, Basadur Applied Innovation
I have been facilitating and training people in CPS for 30+ years. I have been a presenter at CPSI for nearly 20 years now and when I was a wee lad I helped my father, Min Basadur, with his CPSI presentations.
Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Room 214
 
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