In this episode, we’re talking about play.

Hear us riff on the power of play and personality in our lives and businesses. We explore our different expressions of play as children and how it impacts our businesses today (hint: Meg was a dancer and playwright and Jessica loved to tinker with her Erector sets and handwoven crafts. Totally on brand for both of us). We talk we both experiment in our businesses (once we have the foundations in place), including our plans for the summer. We look at play as a regenerative act: one that requires energy and action, but that gives it back to us.

And most importantly, you get:

* To hear Jessica’s play theme music (at 55:00)

* To let us know if you want a Center Stage watch along (because as a millennial creative woman I’m shocked Meg hasn’t seen this seminal film of my 20s!)

* To see Jessica literally dancing on a hillside in Switzerland in 2007, because the hills were alive with the sound of music. (only on Substack, so come hang with us there)

In today’s episode

* Why play isn’t about escape—it’s about energy, iteration, and identity

* How we infuse our personal styles into our personal brands

* All of the things Meg has learned from the Museum of Play

* What our personal play styles reveal about how we lead, build, and rest

* Why we don’t play enough in our businesses

* Jessica and Meg’s various types of play (and even what we consider play)

* Center Stage and what it gets right about discipline, talent, and letting go

* How we’re experimenting in public: podcast shifts, newsletter redesigns, and more

* Why constraint is the secret to playful business design

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Meg Casebolt

Jessica Lackey

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