Matt Weinstein is founder and Emperor of Playfair, Inc., an international management consulting company that presents innovative team-building programs to more than four hundred clients each year. One of the most widely requested speakers on the corporate lecture circuit and a nationally acclaimed expert on the use of play in the workplace, he is the author of Managing to Have Fun. He lives in northern California with his wife, Geneen Roth.
Luke Barber is a professor of philosophy at Richland College in Dallas, Texas, where he teaches both philosophy and ethics. His in-novative teaching has earned him recognition by the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Devel-opment as a master teacher. His previous careers as a child evangelist, a navy seaman, and a 100-mile ultramarathon endurance runner have given him a unique perspective on learning to laugh and play with life's problems.