Holistic Integration of Creativity, Care, and Productivity: List of 15 Qualitative Benefits Difficult to Quantify = Paradigm Shifts

RPG Research is an impact-focused non-profit that as an organization, and through our community-based cooperative and collaborative music and social role-playing game programs, reflect the holistic integration of productivity, creativity, and care in the workplace missing in most work situations.

RPG Research's goal is to research and implement the effects and uses of cooperative music and role-playing games to holistically improve the bio-psycho-social functioning and quality of life of those we impact directly and indirectly, improving the overall human experience.

This list is based on a presentation from the Nonprofit Association of Washington presentation May 19th, 2023 in Tacoma Washington:

Leading Beyond the Tyranny of Productivity by Kris McRea (kris at mcreaconsulting.com) and Sara Saltee (sara at salteeacademy.com).

1. Embrace innovation by encouraging thoughtful risks, asking for help and learning through experiments, mistakes, and failures.
2. Encourage curiosity and honor the courage it takes to ask hard questions. Read more about this.
3. Collaborate to set realistic deadlines and goals, and adjust them as needed to accommodate the unexpected. Read more about this.
4. Value collaborating with diverse teammates and stakeholders so we build in generous time for respectful communication and listening respectfully across differences. Read more about this.
5. Nurture healthy striving rather than perfectionism. Read more about this.
6. Hold each other accountable with kindness and clarity, taking time to learn and grow from failures and setbacks. Read more about this.
7. Make the time to get to the root causes of challenges, rather than jumping to quick fixes. Read more about this.
8. Invest in skill-building and learning in times of change and strive to greet change with curiosity rather than fear. Read more about this.
9. Measure both our quantifiable achievements and the subjective impact that we make. Read more about this.
10. Value the essential caregiving work and personal renewal that happens at home and support healthy boundaries between work and home life. Read more about this.
11. Invest in caring connections. We teach, model, and expect empathy and self-compassion to bring trust and humanity to our workplace. Read more about this.
12. Celebrate milestones and practice gratitude. Read more about this.
13. Check in with all employees regularly to acknowledge their work and ask what supports they need. Read more about this.
14. See vulnerability and sensitivity as strengths that foster empathy and propel creative contribution. Read more about this.
15. Sometimes operate in "clock time", but also recognize other ways of being in time, including: Read more about this.
16. paying attention to when the time is right for action. Read more about this.
17. making space for unhurried time. Read more about this.
18. accepting that the change and growth processes of living things happen in their own time. Read more about this.