The Mindtools L&D Podcast · 2026-05-26 · 42 min
This week, we're revisting one of our favorite episodes from last year, focusing on the role of play at work. 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 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 Kineo, visit our website mindtools-kineo.com . There, you'll find out how we can help your organization build AI skills, and how our Skills Practice scenarios help build human skills.
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