Why Adults Forgot How to Play

About this episode

Amy speaks with Dara Simkin about the importance of play for adults and its impact on creativity and connection.

Summary Amy speaks with Dara Simkin about why adults forget how to play and what we lose when life becomes too focused on productivity, achievement and keeping up. Dara explores play as a mindset, not just an activity, and shares why it can help us reconnect with curiosity, creativity, joy and each other. Guest Dara Simkin is the founder of Culture Hero and co-author of Full Stack Human . Her work explores play , creativity and human connection, helping people and teams build the human skills that technology cannot replace. Overview From achievement syndrome and success amnesia to the pressure to always be doing, this conversation looks at why play is not childish, but deeply human. Dara explains how small, low-stakes moments of play can help us feel more present, connected and alive in a world that often asks us to optimise everything. Key Outtakes: Why play is a mindset, not just something children do How achievement can stop us enjoying the life we've built Why adults need permission to be less serious How play helps us reconnect with joy, curiosity and other people Simple ways to bring play back without adding more to the to-do list For more information: Dara Simkin…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Faulkner

Guest: Dara Simkin

Topics covered

• play
• creativity
• human connection
• productivity
• joy
• curiosity

Keywords

• play
• adults
• creativity
• curiosity
• productivity
• human connection
• joy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Culture Hero

Books & works: Full Stack Human

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