Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We’re so obsessed with being productive that we’ve forgotten how to be playful. But what if play is more important for creativity and innovation than any amount of forced productivity?
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 challenges our assumptions about what it means to work well, arguing that the very things that are so often perceived as “unproductive” are in fact the most important things we can do.
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 and thoughtful (and, yes, 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
We’re so obsessed with being productive that we’ve forgotten how to be playful. But what if play is more important for creativity and innovation than any amount of forced productivity?
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 challenges our assumptions about what it means to work well, arguing that the very things that are so often perceived as “unproductive” are in fact the most important things we can do.
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 and thoughtful (and, yes, 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
