The Power of Play in the Workplace

Prompt sets are structured collections of short, actionable learning tasks. They’re designed to be completed in small bursts of time... typically 20 minutes or less, and many take less than five minutes. They help teams build awareness, test ideas, and develop habits in a low-risk space. Twennie includes dozens of prompt sets covering a wide range of topics from proposal strategy to communication, leadership, and teamwork.

Studies and interviews confirm that play is not just for children—it is vital for adults too. Michele Rochon-Wood’s own interviews with professionals revealed a common progression of play: stress relief, restoration, creativity, engagement, and renewed confidence. Play preferences develop in childhood and shape career choices, preparing us for adult challenges. This video introduces Twennie’s strategies for weaving play into the workplace, where it can create healthier, more productive, and more creative teams.

Discover 15 types of play and how each sparks focus, reduces stress, fuels creativity, strengthens collaboration, and improves quality. For every type you’ll see a quick example, a two-minute micro-break, and a low-friction way to involve colleagues. Whether leading teams or working solo, this guide helps you choose the right kind of play for the moment. Start small, measure impact, and watch momentum build.

Play is not the enemy of productivity—it’s the fuel for it. In this video, you’ll learn ten actionable ways to reintegrate play into work, from giving permission and designing micro-vacations to reframing language around contribution, culture, and hiring. You’ll see why retiring “work-life balance,” creating playful rituals, and fostering authentic human connection lead to stronger performance and loyalty.

This prompt set is full of office-appropriate gags and activities that lighten the air, strengthen relationships, and relieve stress. Completing one of these prompts a week or month, either as an individual or group, promotes teamwork, creativity, and togetherness. Resist the urge to stop your team from having fun together once in a while! Teams that play together work more effectively together!

Letting go is an important skill for anyone who works in teams or interacts with customers and clients...so it’s good for everyone. Release is about blowing off steam, yes, but it’s also about letting go. Anger and frustration are inevitable. Employees will disagree and sometimes, they must enforce unpleasant limits upon one another. Tension is inevitable. Confrontation will happen. Sometimes release is the one thing people need before they can move forward and start working as a team. If you want to blow off steam and learn to let go, register for this prompt set.

Learn the skill of engaging others. This prompt set helps you engage people through the power of play. With 20 practical prompts, you’ll learn to use humor, curiosity, and simple games to build stronger connections with coworkers and clients. From playful conversation starters to energizing meeting challenges, these activities create laughter, reduce stress, and make interactions memorable. Play transforms ordinary moments into opportunities for trust, rapport, and collaboration.

This prompt set offers 20 short, low-cost activities designed to bring a spark of playful creativity into your workday. From paper plane contests to Post-It galleries, to storytelling games with everyday objects, each prompt nudges you to see familiar materials in new ways. By incorporating small moments of creative play into daily routines, you’ll keep creative muscles active, strengthen team culture, and make the workplace more vibrant.

Authenticity is more than honesty — it’s allowing your quirks, stories, and real self to show up at work. This prompt set uses play to help you practice in small, approachable ways. You’ll rediscover childhood joys, share personal sayings, laugh about guilty pleasures, and create space for self-care and validation. These activities build confidence by reminding you that your true self — imperfect, funny, thoughtful. Whether you’re giving out notes of encouragement, swapping quirks with a coworker, or creating a silly award for yourself, each prompt brings a touch of humanity back to the workplace and strengthens your ability to engage with others authentically.

This is an experimental prompt set designed to test how different types of playful breaks affect your mood and productivity. The activities focus on four areas: movement, laughter, creativity, and connection with others. Each prompt is a quick break-time exercise — from Fit-Bit step challenges to funny awards, sketching games, or meaningful conversations. After trying a prompt, notice how you feel: more energized, more relaxed, or more focused.

This experimental prompt set continues our research into how play can enhance productivity. This time we focus on authenticity, mental health, a sense of purpose, and stimulating environments. Each activity is designed to be short and practical: sharing quirks, taking mindful pauses, reflecting on the human impact of technical projects, or refreshing your workspace with small creative touches. After each prompt, notice how you feel: calmer, more motivated, or more connected to your work.

Twennie introduces 15 universal types of play, each with roots in childhood, applications in adulthood, and survival value in human history. From role play, storytelling, and nurturing to puzzles, risk-taking, and creating games, these preferences influence careers, community roles, and personal fulfillment. This template supports the video and exercise for this topic, and helps viewers rediscover their preferred play types, understand their value in teams, and design work environments that integrate play.

Charitable giving and supporting the community are excellent ways to start building a healthier culture for your workplace. You’re probably already doing playful activities around community involvement - this simply provides a new and slightly more organized outlet. This game is hilarious and very useful if you want people to become more creative in their work. Save the Pixies involves creating posters, displays, presentations or even web pages. These are displayed around the office or on the company Intranet.