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Article: Former Qwest Executive's New Firm Stresses Need for Play in Workplace.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- October 28, 2002
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By Cyndia Zwahlen, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--Gliding across Bear Creek Lake in a kayak on a weekday afternoon, former Qwest executive Barbara Brannen is practicing what she now preaches as founder of Playmore, her fledgling consulting business: the importance of play.
Brannen has abandoned her power suits, paychecks and the debilitating level of stress that came with her executive perks in a gamble to make a happier living spreading her gospel of play.
Armed with a trunk full of fairy wands, goofy hats and beach balls for participants in her nationwide workshops, the veteran human resource specialist ...