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Vanya Boardman

Co-Founder of PlayInnové and leadership facilitator who uses experiential play to help organizations unlock creativity and build psychological safety.

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PODCASTS

Aug 10, 2026

Lead with a dash of Play

Lead with a dash of Play

Season 4: Hierarchy at Work? Flattened

Aug 10 · 31m

Mary HendraHOST

2:06

Have you always kept your playful spirit, even with doing the dishes? Or did you lose it for a bit and have to reclaim it?

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:18

So that's a great question.

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:20

I think I've always been a little bit playful or at least wanted to bring play, particularly, like you said, productive play into my workplace.

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:28

But there was a time that I lost it.

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:30

So if I go back in my career, I was really lucky.

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:34

I had some really great mentors and leaders early on in my career that made it very safe to play and to have fun together and invited that into the workplace.

Vanya BoardmanGUEST

2:45

And that lasted with me for a large majority.

6 MINS LATER

Mary HendraHOST

8:19

of some sort.