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465 — The business impact of play at work


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All children play but, over time, that instinct goes away. We don't lose it, we don't forget. Instead, we get taught to stop.

For author and toy designer Cas Holman, that's a problem. With a very real impact on business performance.

In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Cas joins Ross G and Gemma to discuss:

  • how traditional workplaces surpress play
  • the business benefits of play at work
  • how to encourage play when your organization won't tolerate it.

You can find out more about Cas and her book Playfulness at casholman.com/book. You can also see her in the Netflix series Abstract: The Art of Design.

In 'What I Learned This Week', Ross discussed peculiar experiments involving moths, via The Economist.

For more from Mindtools and Kineo, visit mindtools.com. There, you'll also find details of our new face-to-face and virtual workshops, each aligned to our Manager Skills Assessment.

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  • Cas Holman
  • Ross Garner
  • Gemma Towersey
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