Episode 264: Play as a Prism: Exploring Group Work, Conflict, and Human Connection with Lily Higgins, Pauline McNaulty and Jules Gilleland

How do you play? ??

We grow up, we become Serious Adults with Serious Jobs, and we find ourselves living in the notion that we must depart from the frivolous, playful ways of our childhood. But play is all around us - if we allow it - and well into adulthood, it continues on its journey in teaching us about the world.

So let us warm your ears, and fire up your playful side in this week’s fireside conversation with my immensely talented trio Lily Higgins , Pauline McNulty and Jules Gilleland ! All three are facilitation experts and true masters of play, and so it was a veritable treat to hear their unique perspectives, how they engineer playful experiences, and use it as a tool to diffuse conflict, form connection, and sense-make.

Find out about:

• Lily, Pauline and Jules’ multifaceted definitions of play, and why it is simultaneously a mindset, tactic, strategy, and metaphor
• The complexities and contexts of play as a facilitation tool
• How play can be used to navigate conflict, creating a safe space that diffuses risk
• How play can help us challenge our stories, and encourage us to see new perspectives
• The difference between purposeful play, play as the experience itself, and play without agenda

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Lily Higgins LinkedIn

Pauline McNaulty LinkedIn

Jules Gilleland LinkedIn