Kirsten Anderson is the Vancouver, Canada-based Founder of Integrate Play, a boutique training corporation that creates bespoke events and learning experiences to drive innovation, team-building and alignment. Items that couldn’t be more important today as organization reimagine their workplaces. 

I’ve known Kirsten for a few years now. We’ve bumped into each other at local Vancouver events, And so it was easy to pick up our ongoing chat about discuss how best to humanize today’s hybrid workplaces. Kirsten shares some of her past experiences; insights on what is working. 

As I’m want to do, I poked at the financial business case for play - spoiler alert - its strong. And together we unearthed some tangible tips any leader can deploy today. It’s one topic of many that we dig into over our nearly hour-long chat. And I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

Kirsten Anderson

After 25 years as an entrepreneur in the toy industry, and over a decade as the play expert on Global TV, Kirsten sold the award winning “Best Toy Store in Canada” to bridge her expertise in business leadership and the bottom-line benefits of play for ALL ages, especially in the workplace. 

Though some call her a Playologist, she’s actually an International keynote speaker on the power of playfulness to improve innovation, wellness, culture, and team dynamics.

Kirsten is the founder of Integrate Play Solutions; a boutique training corporation working with organizational teams in diverse industries, remotely and in-person, to help solve their messiest challenges using playful methods - the favourite being LEGO® Serious Play®. Integrate Play Solutions collaborates with playful partners and clients globally to create better places to work while increasing creativity and resilience - brick by brick.

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