Play Is Not a Perk.
It’s Performance Infrastructure.
Helping organizations turn connection into performance.
We Built Efficient Workplaces. We Forgot to Build Belonging.
Modern organizations are optimized for productivity, but not connection. Across generations, employees report rising loneliness, disengagement, and burnout. Teams struggle with trust. Leaders struggle with retention. Culture becomes performative instead of relational.
This is not just a morale issue. It is a performance issue.
Connection doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design.
Play Is a Design Strategy.
Play is part of our DNA. Across cultures and across generations, humans are hardwired for shared experience, curiosity, and social connection.
For decades, public spaces have been intentionally designed to encourage intergenerational interaction. Parks and playgrounds are structured to bring different ages into shared experiences that build belonging.
Organizations face a similar challenge.
Today’s workplace spans four, sometimes five generations. Yet most systems are optimized for efficiency, not connection.
Intergenerational play is not about games at work. It is about designing environments, rituals, and interactions that foster curiosity, shared experience, and cross-generational trust.
When connection is designed intentionally, collaboration improves. Innovation increases. Performance follows.
The Intergenerational Play Design Model
Organizations do not change culture by accident. They design it.
Drawing from public space design and community infrastructure, the Intergenerational Play Design Model focuses on three intentional elements:
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Shared Experiences
Design moments that bring different generations into meaningful interaction around a common objective.
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Structured Interaction
Create systems that encourage curiosity, mentorship, and cross-generational collaboration instead of siloed communication.
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Sustained Ritual
Reinforce connection through repeatable practices that embed belonging into culture over time.
When these elements are designed intentionally, organizations reduce friction, strengthen trust, and create environments where innovation thrives.
What Audiences Walk Away With
A practical framework for cross-generational collaboration
Tools to quickly and intentionally design belonging
Clear strategies to reduce friction and build trust
A renewed understanding of play as a driver of performance
Speaking Topics
Available as keynote or workshop formats.
Intergenerational Play & Workplace Culture
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Today’s workforce spans four, sometimes five generations, yet most organizations are not designed for meaningful cross-generational interaction. This keynote reframes play as a design strategy that builds trust, reduces friction, and strengthens collaboration across age groups. Audiences leave with a practical framework for transforming generational tension into cultural advantage.
Designing Belonging Across Generations
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Belonging is not created by policy. It is created by design. This session explores how intentional systems, shared experiences, and structured interaction can foster connection across generational lines. Leaders gain actionable tools to embed belonging into culture in ways that drive retention, engagement, and performance.
Play as a Driver of Innovation
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Innovation thrives where curiosity, psychological safety, and cross-pollination of ideas are present. Drawing from intergenerational play principles, this keynote demonstrates how designed interaction across ages unlocks creativity and fresh thinking. Participants learn how to move from siloed expertise to collaborative innovation.
From Efficiency to Connection
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Modern organizations are optimized for output, but not always for relationship. This talk challenges leaders to rethink culture through a design lens, shifting from transactional efficiency to intentional connection. The result is a more resilient, collaborative workplace where performance is sustained by belonging.
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