{"id":125,"date":"2007-08-01T07:22:44","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T23:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=125"},"modified":"2007-08-01T07:22:44","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T23:22:44","slug":"play-and-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Play and aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I stopped past a supermarket on the way to work.  I found a clear aisle and decided there was something I needed to do.<\/p>\n<p>Trolley boarding. <\/p>\n<p>(OK, so I just made this term up.  So now it needs an explanation.<br \/>\nit&#8217;s when you put one foot on the back bar, and use the other one to push it along and trying to keep it going in a straight line.  As a recreational activity it will never make it to the Olympics.  Let&#8217;s face it, it would never even make it as some cult underground sport, unlike extreme ironing.)<\/p>\n<p>I got some funny looks.  Disapproving looks from people who were being far too serious.  It reminded me of the relevance of experimentation in innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Play is an important part of creativity.<br \/>\nCreativity is a vital part of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Which leads me to this quote (source unknown) :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We do not stop playing because we age.<br \/>\nWe age because we stop playing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next time you&#8217;re in the supermarket, put one foot on the back bar of your trolley&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk\/environment\/env-streetcare\/env-street-maintenance\/env-abandoned-shopping-trolleys.gif\" alt=\"Trolly good fun\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I stopped past a supermarket on the way to work. I found a clear aisle and decided there was something I needed to do. Trolley boarding. (OK, so I just made this term up. So now it needs an explanation. it&#8217;s when you put one foot on the back bar, and use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation-culture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}