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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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Featured Episode

Play is a Public Health Necessity

Hosted by Shane from Corporate Challenge Events, this episode features special guest Mia Sundstrom, CEO of the National Institute for Play, whose work is helping reframe play as something far more essential than many people realise. With deep expertise in play across the lifespan, Mia brings both warmth and insight to a conversation that challenges the idea of play as a luxury, and instead positions it as a biological necessity for healthy human development, connection, resilience, and performance.

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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Engagement

Experience play for yourself through live, facilitator-led activities that demonstrate its impact in real time. Each session blends evidence with interaction so you leave not just informed, but inspired.

3

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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Latest Episode

The Play Lab: The Serious Science of Laughter

What really happens in your brain and body when you laugh?

In this special Play Lab session, Corporate Challenge’s Shane is joined by Merv Neal, Australia’s Leading Laughter Expert, CEO of Laughter Yoga Australia, gelotologist and co-author of The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour.

Together, they explore the serious science behind laughter and why it can be far more than a feel-good moment.

Merv unpacks what laughter can do in the brain and body, its role in stress, wellbeing and connection, and why adults can sometimes find laughter unexpectedly vulnerable, particularly at work.

You will also hear practical ways to use laughter in everyday life and in workplace teams, without forcing fun, putting people on the spot or making things awkward.

Recent Episodes

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The Serious Science of Laughter: With Merv Neal, Australia’s Leading Laughter Expert, CEO of Laughter Yoga Australia

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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

Dwain Richardson

Shane Rackich

Shane Rackich

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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