Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Do you ever feel like you’ve “lost” your playful side? The truth is, we all still know how to play and find joy in playing… but your idea of that might be very different from someone else’s.
For this week’s episode of our podcast, Lavin Voices, we sat down with Cas Holman: award-winning designer and author of the vital new book Playful (out now!). In this clip, she tells the story of an audience member who confessed that she doesn’t enjoy playing with her 5-year-old. Cas argues that we shouldn’t expect ourselves to play the same way we used to play when we were children, and that we can instead find other ways to take ourselves out of the routine of daily life: from dancing to reading to rearranging furniture.
Cas is a highly in-demand consultant who’s worked with companies like Disney, Nike, and Lego, as well as the author of Playful, which Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) calls “a radiant and essential book for our anxious age.” She’s a dynamic, thoughtful, and playful keynote speaker who helps audiences harness the power of play for powerful innovation and out-of-the-box creativity.
Watch the full podcast here: youtu.be/YDKd3J_zTW4?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cas+holman+lavin+voices
Learn more about Cas here: thelavinagency.com/speakers/cas-holman/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cas+holman+lavin+voices
Do you ever feel like you’ve “lost” your playful side? The truth is, we all still know how to play and find joy in playing… but your idea of that might be very different from someone else’s.
For this week’s episode of our podcast, Lavin Voices, we sat down with Cas Holman: award-winning designer and author of the vital new book Playful (out now!). In this clip, she tells the story of an audience member who confessed that she doesn’t enjoy playing with her 5-year-old. Cas argues that we shouldn’t expect ourselves to play the same way we used to play when we were children, and that we can instead find other ways to take ourselves out of the routine of daily life: from dancing to reading to rearranging furniture.
Cas is a highly in-demand consultant who’s worked with companies like Disney, Nike, and Lego, as well as the author of Playful, which Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) calls “a radiant and essential book for our anxious age.” She’s a dynamic, thoughtful, and playful keynote speaker who helps audiences harness the power of play for powerful innovation and out-of-the-box creativity.
Watch the full podcast here: youtu.be/YDKd3J_zTW4?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cas+holman+lavin+voices
Learn more about Cas here: thelavinagency.com/speakers/cas-holman/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cas+holman+lavin+voices
