Emma chats to fellow ‘play’ expert Gary Ware. Gary is a creative and strategic Play Consultant who aims to make your life even better than it already is! By day, Gary helps companies and professionals level up their skills, and by night he’s an improv comedian. Gary works with corporate organisations to infuse more play into the workplace and shares how activities such as improv can really help navigate professional challenges. Gary’s book, ‘Playful Rebellion’ is out now.
In this episode, Emma and Gary discuss (with timestamps):
00:00 - Introductions
06:23 - Disappearance of play
08:25 - Feeling guilty about play
10:27 - Similarities in play styles from childhood to adulthood?
12:33 - Does ‘life set-up’ allow people to express their playful personality?
14:16 - When you play, life just works better
15:55 - Misconceptions of, and barriers to play
18:52 - Peak Emotional Experience
20:37 - Inviting people to play
24:49 - Cynicism to playfulness at work
27:46 - Improv as a tool for changing work environments
33:12 - What actually is improv?
34:22 - Exercising performance muscles
38:16 - Warming up imagination
39:06 - Intergenerational play
45:05 - The Playful Rebellion
To find out more about Gary including his upcoming events, training courses and resources he recommends, check out the links below:
www.breakthroughplay.com
X - @garyware
Instagram - @garyware
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GARY WARE: LIFE WORKS BETTER WITH PLAY