Brandi Heather
This is the interactive experience your audience is craving, and will never forget. Playful Intelligence™ is a workplace revolution against burnout and boredom. Press PLAY.
Brandi Heather is an experience.
Through her Playful Intelligence™ Framework, Brandi taps into the biological drive to play as a catalyst for something rare: a shift in how people connect, communicate, and imagine what is possible - right in front of your eyes.
Her interactive keynotes and training blend neuroscience with contagious energy, creating moments where people don’t just hear about resilience, creativity, and connection—they feel them. Even the most “serious” industries leave saying: This changes everything.
Playful Intelligence™ = Evidence-Based Advantage
Brandi Heather’s Playful Intelligence™ Framework is built on research from neuroscience, physiology, and organizational psychology, showing that play and playfulness build:
Adaptability Under Pressure - Play trains the brain to flex and respond in uncertainty
83% of leaders say adaptability matters more than technical skills (McKinsey, 2021).
Connection & Engagement - Play activates trust and belonging in the brain.
Highly engaged teams experience 78% less absenteeism, 51% lower turnover, and 18% higher productivity (Gallup, 2023).
Creativity & Innovation - Play sparks bold ideas and gives people the courage to share the
Innovative organizations are 2.4× more likely to outperform competitors in revenue (McKinsey, 2022).
Teams engaged in playful collaboration are 45% more likely to generate creative solutions (HBR, 2021).
Burnout Prevention - Play restores energy and reduces stress.
Employees who experience more engagement are 78% less likely to report burnout (Gallup, 2023).
Playful Intelligence™ gives people and organizations a science-backed pathway to lasting engagement, innovation, and resilience.
As a bestselling author and entrepreneur, Brandi built her speaking business after two decades as an award-winning college professor in health sciences. Today, she helps organizations prevent burnout, retain talent, and spark cultures where people thrive using something they already have - a biological drive to play.
Brandi has founded award-winning non-profit and for-profit organizations focused on disability inclusion, workplace culture, and using the science of play as a strategy to understand and retain teams. She has helped lawyers loosen up, municipalities manage complexity, CEOs improve retention and performance, and financial services and tradespeople think more creatively. Some of her most meaningful work is helping people rediscover the joy in what they do - and the value within themselves.
Behind the science is a story audiences don’t want to miss - one that proves play can move illness to wellness.
Her first book, Return to Play: Rebuilding Resilience, Risk and Reconnection, became a bestseller in creativity self-help, happiness, educational leadership, inclusive education, and social work. It combines practical playful strategies with lived experience, personal interviews, and commentary from thought leaders including marketing guru Seth Godin and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink.
Play isn't a break from work. It is how you do your best work.
You can find Brandi kicking off conferences for events where organizers want audiences to feel energized, connected, and using the content all day as a catalyst to networking and social engagement.
She also delivers full-day trainings for leaders in healthcare, human services, and business - supporting change management, workplace culture, organizational effectiveness, and keeping people joyful and connected.
Events she lights up include:
- Kick-off Keynotes
- Closing Keynotes
- Association Conferences
- Organizational Team Building
- Sales and Leadership Meetings
- Executive Retreats
- Entrepreneurship Conferences
- Breakout Sessions and Masterminds
- Only limited by your imagination
Every engagement includes:
- Pre-event meetings, personalized surveys, and collaboration
- Customized content to meet organizational or event goals
- Videos and book giveaways to boost engagement and advertising
- A personalized Post-event PlayBook with access to key insights and next steps
- SO MUCH FUN!!
In a world that demands that we be extraordinary and live “show-home” lives, she reminds people and organizations that we already have what it takes to thrive - if we allow ourselves to return to play.
Brandi Heather something you have never seen before and you will never forget.
Brandi Heather is an experience.
Through her Playful Intelligence™ Framework, Brandi taps into the biological drive to play as a catalyst for something rare: a shift in how people connect, communicate, and imagine what is possible - right in front of your eyes.
Her interactive keynotes and training blend neuroscience with contagious energy, creating moments where people don’t just hear about resilience, creativity, and connection—they feel them. Even the most “serious” industries leave saying: This changes everything.
Playful Intelligence™ = Evidence-Based Advantage
Brandi Heather’s Playful Intelligence™ Framework is built on research from neuroscience, physiology, and organizational psychology, showing that play and playfulness build:
Adaptability Under Pressure - Play trains the brain to flex and respond in uncertainty
83% of leaders say adaptability matters more than technical skills (McKinsey, 2021).
Connection & Engagement - Play activates trust and belonging in the brain.
Highly engaged teams experience 78% less absenteeism, 51% lower turnover, and 18% higher productivity (Gallup, 2023).
Creativity & Innovation - Play sparks bold ideas and gives people the courage to share the
Innovative organizations are 2.4× more likely to outperform competitors in revenue (McKinsey, 2022).
Teams engaged in playful collaboration are 45% more likely to generate creative solutions (HBR, 2021).
Burnout Prevention - Play restores energy and reduces stress.
Employees who experience more engagement are 78% less likely to report burnout (Gallup, 2023).
Playful Intelligence™ gives people and organizations a science-backed pathway to lasting engagement, innovation, and resilience.
As a bestselling author and entrepreneur, Brandi built her speaking business after two decades as an award-winning college professor in health sciences. Today, she helps organizations prevent burnout, retain talent, and spark cultures where people thrive using something they already have - a biological drive to play.
Brandi has founded award-winning non-profit and for-profit organizations focused on disability inclusion, workplace culture, and using the science of play as a strategy to understand and retain teams. She has helped lawyers loosen up, municipalities manage complexity, CEOs improve retention and performance, and financial services and tradespeople think more creatively. Some of her most meaningful work is helping people rediscover the joy in what they do - and the value within themselves.
Behind the science is a story audiences don’t want to miss - one that proves play can move illness to wellness.
Her first book, Return to Play: Rebuilding Resilience, Risk and Reconnection, became a bestseller in creativity self-help, happiness, educational leadership, inclusive education, and social work. It combines practical playful strategies with lived experience, personal interviews, and commentary from thought leaders including marketing guru Seth Godin and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink.
Play isn't a break from work. It is how you do your best work.
You can find Brandi kicking off conferences for events where organizers want audiences to feel energized, connected, and using the content all day as a catalyst to networking and social engagement.
She also delivers full-day trainings for leaders in healthcare, human services, and business - supporting change management, workplace culture, organizational effectiveness, and keeping people joyful and connected.
Events she lights up include:
- Kick-off Keynotes
- Closing Keynotes
- Association Conferences
- Organizational Team Building
- Sales and Leadership Meetings
- Executive Retreats
- Entrepreneurship Conferences
- Breakout Sessions and Masterminds
- Only limited by your imagination
Every engagement includes:
- Pre-event meetings, personalized surveys, and collaboration
- Customized content to meet organizational or event goals
- Videos and book giveaways to boost engagement and advertising
- A personalized Post-event PlayBook with access to key insights and next steps
- SO MUCH FUN!!
In a world that demands that we be extraordinary and live “show-home” lives, she reminds people and organizations that we already have what it takes to thrive - if we allow ourselves to return to play.
Brandi Heather something you have never seen before and you will never forget.
Leaders Play First: Unlocking Your Playful Intelligence™ for Business and Leadership Success
Format: Interactive Keynote, Full Day Training and Assessment, Retreat Program
Description:
Playful Intelligence™ is the missing link between high performance and well-being. It’s the human operating system behind every great idea, innovative team, and workplace people want to be part of - come find out how to use it.
Many leadership talks hand you a new model to follow....
You Can't Play in A Show Home: Restore, Retain, and Revitalize Your Workforce
Format: Powerful Opening or Closing Keynote
Description:
What if the solution to burnout, disconnection, and disengagement isn’t more effort—but a system that’s already built in?
In this electrifying, science-backed keynote, Brandi Heather reactivates the part of your audience that stress and survival mode have shut down. With live interaction, heartfelt humor, and powerful insights from neuroscience and real-world...
“Healing Our Caring Systems”: Rebuilding Resilience, Risk and Reconnection
You were born with Playful Intelligence™ - your biological drive to play that makes you adaptable, creative, and connected to others. But for many caring professionals, it gets put on pause while trying to be everything to everyone and hold it all together perfectly under pressure.
So, here’s the question:
Who’s taking care of the people who take care of people?
Even the strongest systems wear down when the people inside them...
Get Powered by Playful Intelligence™: The Human Operating System for Connection, Adaptability, and Creativity
Description:
Pressure doesn’t always bring out the best in us - it often shuts down the very systems we need to think clearly, take risks, and work together. Playful Intelligence™ is the switch that turns them back on.
In this fast-paced, interactive keynote, Brandi Heather shows how play isn’t the opposite of work - it’s the the most underused driver of creativity, trust, and performance. You’ll explore the science of how our...
Beyond the Ping Pong Table: The True Power of Play in Leadership is in Finding Our Playful Intelligence™
How many people went out and bought something they thought would make your team connected, and collaborative that is now collecting dust? It is ok, it shows that you are invested in the people on your team. However, it’s not the things we buy for employees that matter it’s about knowing how, where and when they feel “in play” that changes a workplace culture. This groundbreaking keynote that shows business leaders how to ignite creativity, drive innovation, and foster engagement by...
Playful Intelligence™: The Creativity & Adaptability Reset Your Team Needs Now
Format: 60 Minute Keynote, 1/2 or Full Day Training, Retreat Program
This keynote is designed for organizations facing constant change who want practical, science-backed strategies to strengthen adaptability, unlock innovation, and build teams that thrive beyond survival mode.
Description: When change hits, most teams double down on what’s safe—and slowly suffocate their own best ideas. Innovation gets buried...
The Safest Teams Take the Boldest Risks: Burnout Prevention & Psychological Safety with Playful Intelligence™
Format: Full and Half Day Training and Retreat Programs
Description: Our brains are built to solve problems, imagine, experiment, and create - but stress, constant change, and “do more with less” expectations shut down that ability fast. The very thing we need most - courage to be curious and connected - is the first thing to disappear.
In this workshop, Brandi Heather helps you restore your personal biological advantage:...
Know Your Team, Build Your Team, Keep Your Team: Workplace Culture, Engagement and Retention with Playful Intelligence™
Format: Full Day Workshop
Description:
Research shows us that getting to know your team personally builds trust, authenticity and strong interpersonal relationships. Reduce turnover and increase organizational effectiveness by spending a day finding the often hidden network of connections between people that makes you an organization where people want to be.
This program is perfect...
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