We are all experts in creativity and innovation. And through play, we all have the ability to dream and imagine better ways to work and solve complicated problems. In each episode, we’ll take you on a journey around the world, where you’ll hear from some seriously smart and playful people. They’ll share their stories of how, through daring to believe and think differently, they can and are changing the world.
Playing to Prepare for Disasters at Royal Roads University
Vivian Forssman of Royal Roads University interviews Strategic Play Founder Jacqueline Lloyd Smith on how 3D tabletop play models bulletproof strategies against disaster.
17 Jan 2025
Matthew Jones: Playing at Purdue
What did you think? Matt is a PhD student and fellow at Purdue University bringing play to academics. We met at a creativity conference after he couldn’t resist the allure of a session that had him asking: What the duck?!
29 May 2024
Mike Walling
What did you think? Mike, owner of 3Dynamic, is a pro in the industrial and mechanical design industry. Would you believe that, as a child, a particular line of LEGO® kits set him on that path?
11 Oct 2023
Dr. Kim Macuare
What did you think? A self-professed recovering academic, Kim is Co-Director of Innovation Labs at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. With a background in literature, she’s found a unique position to pursue her love of creativity. What would you expect if your manager sent your team to participate in an innovation and problem-solving workshop at an art museum?
23 Mar 2023
Mike Campigotto
What did you think? From tech pro to retiree making prosciutto and hot sauce to joining up with a group of young folks in a startup for safety innovation in the mining sector. Yep. Sounds like Mike’s just had your typical career path.
29 Dec 2022
Jeff Balesh
What did you think? Jeff, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methods facilitator and executive coach extraordinaire, loves a good LEGO® epiphany.
27 Dec 2022
Strategic Play Podcast -Sarah Moyle
What did you think? Holding the title of Senior Business Consultant at Intel Flex doesn’t sound like there’s much room for creativity, does it? Well guess what? Sarah did it. Find out how she managed to carve out her own place as a Creative Facilitator and Visual Storyteller at this tech giant.
14 Dec 2022
Strategic Play Podcast -Jeremy Neuner
What did you think? Jeremy is a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methods facilitator and enthusiastic storyteller who used to be a U.S. Navy Pilot who now works for Google and once co-authored a book called The Rise of the Naked Economy: How to Benefit from the Changing Workplace. Let’s just hope if that office is using LEGO, folks are at least wearing shoes!
23 Sept 2022
Strategic Play Podcast -Sara Romadoro
What did you think? We met Sara when she was a Red Shirt – what’s that?! – at a creative conference in Sestri Levante, Italy. After a chance run-in at the train station, she spent a day playing our tour guide in Milan, which led to a lasting friendship and creative partnership.
9 Sept 2022
Strategic Play Podcast - Van Lai-Dumone
What did you think? Van rhymes with fun! And she is also a seriously entertaining individual. Van has forged a unique path in the business world, eschewing traditional training approaches for highly creative and hands-on methods where she urges people to follow their curiosity. Let’s see where that leads.
1 Aug 2022
Strategic Play Podcast -Scott Perryman
What did you think? Much of Scott’s career has been in healthcare, where he works with individuals to up their leadership game. What does that mean in a clinical setting? Scott’s recent focus has been on working with organizations seeking to create a patient experience comprised of compassion and empathy. If you have been through a serious illness, whether your own or that of someone close to you, you know that a positive experience can make a world of difference.
20 Feb 2022
Strategic Play Podcast - Susan Newhouse
What did you think? What do you get when you combine boundless enthusiasm for innovation, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® certification, a flair for theatrics, and a tube of red lipstick? Susan Newhouse, facilitation dynamo, who once helped the Ferrero chocolate folks blast off.
20 Feb 2022
Strategic Play Podcast - Stephen Walling
What did you think? When discussing generational divides in the workplace, millennials get a lot of flack for being impossible to work with. So we brought our resident millennial, Stephen, into the studio to interrogate him—we mean, to explore what we might be missing.
20 Feb 2022
Strategic Play Podcast - Dr. Kasra Khorasani
What did you think? Dr. Kasra Khorasani puts a unique spin on group psychotherapy by bringing in the LEGO® duck to help patients click, relate, and validate. And settle in for a fascinating lesson on neuroscience, as the good doctor talks about mirror neurons and how they make live life more interesting.
15 Jan 2022
Strategic Play Podcast - Col. Jason "TOGA" Trew, PhD.
What did you think? Colonel Trew entered the Air Force in 1999 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree. After flying trainers and fighter aircraft for the first half of his career, he has spent the last decade focused on innovations in military education, strategy, and leadership. This has included a year studying at the Air Force school for strategists, earning a PhD in the history of technology, coaching innovation teams across the DoD, and, most r...
4 Nov 2021
Strategic Play Podcast - Dr. Steve Ralph
What did you think? We feel privileged to be friends and collaborators with Dr. Steve Ralph, Pepperdine University professor and founder of the EPIC Impact Society. Academics and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® are such a perfect match, especially in the hands of individuals bursting with ingenious ideas.
4 Nov 2021
Strategic Play Podcast - Leo Chan
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4 Nov 2021
Strategic Play Podcast - Terry Rachwalski
What did you think? Have you ever had the urge to tell someone, “Wow, that’s one ugly baby!” Imagine the creativity it would take to do that so tactfully the person didn’t even realize that’s what you meant. Now how does this relate to government and innovation, you might ask?
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