This is not a programme about simply adding fun. Team building days do that – and they rarely work.
This programme is for leaders, founders, coaches, and who want to learn how to use playfulness to build high-performance teams that thrive in disruptive times.
Over six months working with Chris Marshall, you’ll build not just the intellectual understanding of how playfulness transforms teams – but the practical tools to do it. By the end of this programme, you’ll be able to:
Cultivate playful teams that deliver high-performance results.
Use playfulness to reduce tension, unlock creativity, and shift stuck systems.
Build playfulness as a resiliency tool in disrupted, high-stakes environments.
Learn to access playfulness in yourself – and what blocks it.
The science, psychology, and paradoxes of adult play
How safety, attachment, and adaptability shape your style
The OLIW model and Chris’s Three Pillars
Why playfulness disappears under pressure – and what that tells you
Why it matters:
You can’t lead others there if you can’t go there yourself. This is where you unlearn the over-seriousness that stifles creativity.
Become someone who can hold the state for others — and invite them in.
How to use levity, curiosity, and play to build trust
Adapting to others’ play styles
The PPM Method: Pause → Play → Move
Playfulness as co-regulation, not performance
Why it matters:
Great leadership is state transmission. Your nervous system is your strategy.
Lead playfully — even in serious, stressed, or burnt-out systems.
How to stay light in the face of fear or resistance
Tools for systems-level engagement and cultural change
Using small experiments to shift big dynamics
Making playfulness a strategy, not a perk
Why it matters:
Creativity in calm moments is easy. This is about staying playful when it’s hard.
