Can You Transform Your Life, How You Work, and Your Overall Well-being by Playing?
Nicole Martin: I had a great meet and greet with Mathew of Play Lab recently and he is a great example of the pivot admist Covid-19. What once was always in person, is now virtually available for all employers seeking ways to build camaraderie, team collaboration and innovation any day of the week. Surely the sizable challenges they mention are before us all and thus a proposed solution for you is herein!
Who Is Playlab?
Playlab is a collective of individuals and organizations that have a high degree of consciousness regarding the power of play to be a transformative force in the well being of humanity. We are currently focusing on the workforce, with future aspirations for applying our efforts to education and rehabilitation of those with substance abuse.
Our efforts are backed with well over 2,500 unique client interactions.
Those came through everything from:
– Escape rooms
– Mind gyms
– Virtual team games
– “Who done it” clue scenarios
– 1 to 1 coaching
– Focus groups
– Case studies
– Team consulting
– 1000’s of experiments with play as the focal point
Our team has almost 25 years of combined experience dedicated to the utilization of play as the universal utility supporting the upward mobility of humanity.
Currently we are in final development of a suite of tools to put before HR teams that are desirous of investing in their most important assets, their human capital! We have released a book and supplemental virtual online team building experience to introduce play into the workplace.
Why We Should Have A Conversation.
Today the world’s workforce is faced with sizeable challenges, greater than ever before:
– The Mental Health Crisis: we spend more time at work than we do anywhere and while many companies acknowledge the problem, we have few that present any meaningful and quantifiable solutions. PLAYLAB has scientifically proven the immense value of play to support mental wellbeing.
– The Post Pandemic Effect: the future of business environments is still uncertain post covid, however one thing is certain. Businesses are going to have to pivot. PLAYLAB has integrated play in creating mental pliability to navigate change and quick pivots to create solutions post pandemic.
– The Millennial Shift: many businesses are still driven at the C Suite level by Baby Boomers; of whom very few have demonstrably shown their willingness to accept that fact that Millennials are here to stay, they are well educated and they are looking for an experience in the workplace that is driven by an entirely different set of values than their leadership. Thus the workplace is suffering attrition more than ever. PLAYLAB has brought play to create a universal language to better connect these cultural differences and create a sticky factor that increases retention.
– The Gig Economy: like it or not less people are willing to think about giving 30 to 40 years of their life to one company. More people want to work from home and work for multiple companies with a specialized set of skills. Companies who are not aware of this are going to lose quality workers and opportunities. PLAYLAB has incorporated play in creating collaborative communities where everyone wins instead of ruthless competition.
– The Bottom Line: if none of those things matter to you then how about: conflict resolution in the workplace, middle management support, higher productivity, ownership spirit, process improvement, and innovative thinking? PLAYLAB has infused play in addressing all of these “bottom line” considerations.
What do you have to lose? Business needs an overhaul and people need to feel valued, so why not hop in the sandbox and create something new. See You on the Playground!
Matt Heinecke
Ambassador of Play
PlayLab
