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A monthly webinar series uncovering how play fuels performance, culture, and wellbeing, with actions you can apply right away.

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The Play Lab

What if everything you thought about high performance was only half the story?

The data is clear. Play is not a distraction from work, it is the catalyst that drives trust, creativity, and collaboration.

Introducing The Play Lab: Where curious minds come to play, a revolutionary monthly webinar series from Corporate Challenge Events that explores how play transforms team success. Each 30 to 45 minute session blends science, story, and practical application to show how play influences the brain chemistry that fuels motivation, connection, and problem solving.

Across the year, participants will learn from experts in neuroscience and culture, experience interactive moments, and leave with simple actions to build more connected, resilient, and innovative teams.

This is a space for leaders and individuals who believe there is a smarter, more human way to work. The Play Lab is not about theory. It is about what happens when we give ourselves permission to play.

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The Play Lab gives leaders and individuals the tools to put the science of play into practice. Each 30–45 minute session is designed to educate, engage, and empower participants through three key elements:

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Education:

Learn from the latest behavioural and neuroscience research that proves why play matters for motivation, creativity, and connection. Hear from experts and industry leaders who have built cultures grounded in play.

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Environment

Discover how to create team environments where play can thrive. Walk away with actionable strategies to apply immediately in meetings, projects, and daily interactions.

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Join us live, experience micro play firsthand, and learn how to facilitate simple moments of play with your own team.

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Latest Episode

The Play Lab: The Engagement Advantage of Play

Employee engagement is still one of the biggest issues facing leaders, yet it is often approached as though the same formula will work for everyone.

The reality is that engagement is not one-size-fits-all. People connect, contribute, and respond differently. When leaders understand that, they have a stronger lever for shaping a workplace culture that feels more responsive, more inclusive, and easier for more people to lean into over time.

In this session, we explore how understanding the different ways people naturally engage gives leaders a more useful lens for shaping culture. We will unpack why engagement styles and entry points may be the missing lever many modern teams have not yet considered, share how we design team experiences around different ways of engaging, and show how that thinking can be applied back into the workplace through meetings, communication, collaboration, learning, and connection.

Recent Episodes

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The Engagement Advantage of Play: How to design a culture rhythm that supports different ways of engaging

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Play is Public Health Necessity: With Mia Sundstrom CEO, NIFPlay

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Permission to Play. Breaking the productivity myth at work

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The DOSE Effect: Feel the science behind high performing teams

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Inside The Play Lab: Discover the Power of Play

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Meet The Hosts

Dwain Richardson

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Shane Rackich

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Meet your hosts, Dwain and Shane, who lead The Play Lab with a focus on turning play science into practical performance infrastructure for modern teams. With decades of experience delivering play-based programs in real workplaces, they bring clear language, strong facilitation, and a sharp lens on how culture drives performance.

Guest experts appear across the series to bring fresh research, lived leadership context, and the kind of clarity that makes play actionable, not theoretical.

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