Johor Land 10 & 11 May 2021

MENTAL WELLNESS IN A DIGITAL ECONOMY

Play • Engage • Allow Learning

Muhamad Zairulnizam Baharom

Play
Play is voluntary and
pleasurable action that offers a
sense of disengagement from
our routine and an
engagement with ourselves.
The process of play is more
important than the result of the
game.

Engage
Engagement results in Why is stress important to you?
attentive, persistent, and
committed learners. Learners
value their discovery and …………………………………………………………………………………………
associate positive meaning to
their development. This …………………………………………………………………………………………
motivates them to persist even
if it is challenging to produce
an optimum performance. Circle the area you feel pain every-time you
are stressed.
Allow Learning
Learning is best when one
gains it through a voluntary
process. It is about the learner
taking the initiative to explore
possibilities, reflecting their
new experience and finding
ways too assimilate to their
present thoughts. Thus they
take the initiative and
responsibility to pursue the
learning; making them the
driver of their learning
experience.

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The Star Jan 2021 found that
“More than half of Malaysian
employees (57%) feel lonely and
isolated while working from
home, ” said Ipsos in a statement.
A study reveals in 2020; 70% of
people are more stress at work
than any other previous years, ”
On a positive note, 62% of
people find remote work more
appealing now than they did
before the pandemic, because
they have more time to spend
with family, get work done, or
even exercise and sleep.
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What is stress?
Stress is a feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope
with pressing situations. Stress will effect psychological,
physical and emotional changes.
Stress may have short and even long term effects. What are
some of the long term effect of stress?
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How have you been coping with stress? Does
it really work?
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Have you considered using gamification in
your o"ce environment?
Gamification is a growing strategy within organisations to
ensure improvement in performance and to increase
motivation. What are some gamification tools you see being
practiced in the office?
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Playing games are very powerful: at the surface it may appear
fun and innocent. It has the capability to get people very
much involved. Where do you see the power of games either
in the office or at home?
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Games has the ability to move people voluntarily and the ability to motivate. Using games has the
potential to support psychological qualities within the organisation. Have you ever experienced any
game that has moved you?

The utilities of games are ultimately digital. How has digitisation a#ected
the economy?

Trello tracking system. Not only an avenue to track and update everyone's progress, but this a one
stop centre to indicate who's working on a particular project. You can colour code based on completed
tasks and carry forward tasks. It makes you feel good upon clicking the completed labels.

Team up. Keeping the entire team up to date with everyone's movements and company events. Colour
coding the events plays a vital role in keeping a schedule organised and fun.


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Gamify Your Office (Tips)

Continuous Learning. Start a game to encourage continuous learning in your office. It could be a
book, a chapter, an article they read. It could be a Youtube video, a podcast or a speech they hear from
spotify. Create a leaderboard to see who have been learning the most. You may put a carrot at the end
of the stick. Coping with stress is always about doing your own research and what works for you.

Name Learning

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Recognition Note. Appreciating both big and small things individuals do. A simple note to show your
appreciation for the specific task or the accomplishments made. In some organisation, these
recognition notes are recorded and plays a deciding factor for future promotions. Positive feedback is
always a good de-stressor.

Rajan

Thank you for staying back and

helping me with the report. Truly
appreciate your kindness and
patience. I will remember this!

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Muscles and mind power

Progressive muscular relaxation. A great way to benefit from stress by creating a quick muscular
tension and release. The value is to focus on the relaxation upon release of tension. To understand this
is best when we try it out.

How did you feel?

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Self Hypnosis. All hypnosis is self hypnosis. Only you have the power to allow or reject instructions.
Hypnosis has the potential power to bring you either in the past, to recognise the present or to look into
the future. Lets take the time to sit back relax and enjoy this experience.

Notice how calm or nervous you

were? Did you loose track of
time?

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NUGGA
Let's understand NUGGA. The value or the importance is asking yourself the right questions.

N - Neutralise
In any stressful situation, it is vital to neutralise your feelings

U - Understand
Once you are in the right frame of mind, and your rational mind is functioning again. Analyse and try
to understand what is really going on.

G - Great
An important question to ask yourself. What is great about this situation. By asking this question, it
forces you to seek out the positive side.

G - Grow
How can you grow from here. What this experience has taught you?

A - Action
After all the process of realisation, you will need to know your next course of action. If action is not
take place here, it will be a loss of opportunity.

You've made it
this far. You're doing
great!

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Digital Tools to help you

Here are some free tools you may use

1. Padlet - Create and collaborate with others. Can share anything range from images to videos with any
devices and connect with people. A platform of sharing your thoughts or brainstorming: https://
padlet.com/

2. Answer Garden - Used as online feedback or interactive brainstorming. It can be used to elicit brief
answer from respondent. https://answergarden.ch/

3. Make Beliefs Comix - creating and customising comix to your material. https://
www.makebeliefscomix.com/

4. Google form: To collect big or small information quickly. Can be used for evaluation or collecting data
for pre and post program. https://www.google.com/forms/about/'

5. Trello - A great place to keep track of everyone's tasks and progress. https://www.trello.com

6. Teamup - Keeping a continuously updated schedule for you and your team. https://www.teamup.com

7. Kahoot - A great place for you to make up your own questionnaires for a specific topic https://
kahoot.com/

8. Mentimeter - A place for quick polls, quizzes https://www.mentimeter.com/


Take control and be the

GAME Changer!
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