@Ryder in the case of dogs and humans, I'd say it's innate but not focused on the bouncy ball. That's a means. I think the end is inducing play behaviors, chasing each other, eye contact, teasing, etc. With my dog, all this feels natural, and it doesn't seem to matter what the toy is. Socks are preferred, of course, but anything will do. 🙂
@Otavio oneid I found helpful: First is that you're in the empathy business: listening and understanding is critical to learn what problems need to be solved and support people. Second, you're still programming. Think of the organization as a microservices network with faulty communication and nodes. How can you restructure the network and write a program that will run reliably on it? A great program will let your team run smoothly together and accomplish organization goals and still feel light and agile and free. I'd love to hear how it goes.
Director in Google Engineering, excited about AI for automating boring work, interested in neuroscience and renewable energy, love building happy, effective, innovative teams, and play video games (but my 12 yr old is so much better he struggles not to be patronizing).