Workshop: Permission to Play: Driving Change Through Creativity and Curiosity

Resistance to change is one of the biggest challenges organisations face when implementing new technologies or processes.  A playful approach to stakeholder engagement can break down barriers, spark creativity, and create memorable experiences that inspire buy-in. In this session, you'll learn how "permission to play" fosters innovation, builds connections, and turns resistance into curiosity. With practical examples and hands-on activities, this workshop will leave you ready to embrace play as a serious tool for driving meaningful change.

• Explore the science behind play and its impact on engagement.
• Understand how play can reduce resistance and build connections.
• Experience a quick interactive game to shift your mindset.
• Learn real-world examples of playful strategies in action.
• Design a fun, creative approach to stakeholder engagement.
• Share and refine ideas through group brainstorming and playback.

3 Key Learnings

1. How play can drive innovation and overcome resistance to change.
2. Practical tools for designing playful engagement strategies.
3. Confidence to incorporate play into professional environments.

About Mollie

Mollie is a recovering lawyer and Legal Operations specialist. Previously the Executive Director of Legal Optimisation Consulting at MinterEllison, Mollie is now a strategic advisor, facilitator, coach, speaker and writer with a focus on the intersection of operations, technology people and change in the legal industry. She is passionate about human centric strategy and clever ways of working, with a deep and abiding focus on the people at the heart of every legal team. She is allergic to ‘busy work’ and is deeply interested in improving the culture within the legal industry to reduce burnout and allow lawyers to thrive rather than just survive.