In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Portua Tung from the School of Play about agile coaching, helping individuals and organisations adopt a playful leadership style and the importance of play in the workplace.

Why listen to this podcast:

• Being a coach is learning to become your whole person so you can enable others to live at their full potential

• The characteristics of playful leaders are they take calculated risks, they look after their people and are results focused

• True Play is fair play, safe play and being a good sport even in tough

• Playful leadership is a collection of tools and techniques that enable you to adopt a playful mindset, even when under pressure

• There is scientific evidence that laughter IS a great medicine

More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/341jKcD

You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq

Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq

Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/341jKcD