Jeff Harry

Why does work feel harder than ever? With 85% of employees disengaged, 81% job-hunting, 72% feeling underpaid, and nearly 80% struggling with work-life balance, these are more than just numbers. They’re a sign of workforce barely hanging on. The cost to businesses? $500 billion annually due to absenteeism, turnover and accidents.

Despite the explosion of leadership books and workplace experts, we’re still spinning our wheels, prioritizing productivity over well-being. But the reality is today’s systems reward often reward mediocrity and stifle playful innovation.

In this workshop, global play expert and HR influencer, Jeff Harry will challenge you to create work cultures that instead celebrate risk, failure, and joy. By dismantling outdated norms and fostering empathy, compassion and shared humanity, he will show you how to make work a place where people truly want to be -and where they can do their best, most vibrant work.

Key takeaways include:

• How to challenge outdated workplace norms that prioritize productivity over well-being, engagement and innovation
• Transformative, play-oriented approaches to foster psychological safety, risk-taking and genuine connection in the workplace
• How to equip leaders with the tools to replace rigid hierarchies with empathetic, human-centered practices that inspire collective growth and creativity