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Color-splattered group in paint suits and goggles posing and cheering outdoors by a white tent, smiling under blue sky for an on campus corporate retreat experience for Microsoft.

The Science of Play at Work: How Human Experience Design Fuels Innovation, Connection, and Collective Intelligence

We often think of play as something we leave behind in childhood. Research and experience suggest otherwise. Play may be one of the most important drivers of creativity, innovation, connection, resilience, and collective intelligence in modern organizations. Explore why Human Experience Design begins with understanding how humans naturally learn, connect, and create.

Jules McVey

Aug 44 min read

First-person view from a paddleboard on a calm lake, looking past the paddler's outstretched legs and a blue paddle toward a forested far shore under a partly cloudy sky.

Frontline Leadership Lessons From the Lake

I rarely talk about being an I-O psychologist. But the more time I spent inside organizations, the more I saw the same blind spot - and a duck on the lake reminded me exactly who actually changes workplaces.

Leadership & Workplace Culture

Jules McVey

Jun 163 min read