Experiences Designed to Shift your Culture, Performance and Potential

Building connected, collaborative teams that foster a culture of creativity, innovation and belonging can be hard work…but it doesn’t have to be. It just takes intention and a willingness to try something different.

That’s where Shift to Play comes in.

Playful minds =

Happier, Higher Performing teams

Unlock the potential of your team through play.

Shift to Play creates interactive experiences and programs that help your team play, learn and grow together.

Pulling from their years of integrating play and well-being tools into the teams and companies they led, Corean and Yoshee developed a proprietary framework proven to shift your team’s culture, performance and potential.

P.L.A.Y Framework

Presence

Spending time in the present moment, actually experiencing it, improves focus, enhances decision making, reduces stress, improves problem solving and enhances well-being.

Laughter

It’s the moments of fun and laughter that strengthen our bonds and make our workplaces vibrant and fulfilling environments.

Agility

True agility isn’t only to move quickly and easily but also to think, understand and adapt quickly, helping us all face challenges in a more flexible and healthy way.

Yes And

Holding space for and helping to build upon each other’s ideas leads to new ways of thinking, doing and being.

Presence

Spending time in the present moment, actually experiencing it, improves focus, enhances decision making, reduces stress, improves problem solving and enhances well-being.

Laughter

It’s the moments of fun and laughter that strengthen our bonds and make our workplaces vibrant and fulfilling environments.

Agility

True agility isn’t only to move quickly and easily but also to think, understand and adapt quickly, helping us all face challenges in a more flexible and healthy way.

Yes And

Holding space for and helping to build upon each other’s ideas leads to new ways of thinking, doing and being.

My colleagues and I have learned so much about each other during the workshops, and, best of all, we got to P.L.A.Y, laugh, and have fun at work!

We’ve retained Shift to Play for the past couple of years to educate our staff on the importance of awareness, connection, engagement, and inclusion using improv techniques under their P.L.A.Y framework.

We touched on themes like effective communication (virtual and in-person), learning to listen to respond inclusively versus react defensively, mutual understanding, and mindfulness techniques to be more present at work.

If your team is feeling disconnected in this new hybrid/remote environment, I would highly recommend partnering with Shift to Play to curate a custom P.L.A.Y session for your team. You won’t regret it. Plus, you’ll have lots of full belly laughs while at work!

Ada Okafor, Esq. , American Board of Surgery

We make work more

fun!

Creating Shift to Play

Corean and Yoshee, two friends who met in Atlanta while taking improv classes, connected over the fact that they had very similar careers and how much play was helping them become better leaders. After graduating from “improv school” they, along with 6 others, formed a bi-poc improv troupe, The Red Pill Players, and quickly became an internationally traveling team.

As they delved deeper into the world of improv and play, they both realized how much these tools would help their teams and began integrating them into work. The results were amazing. They noticed how much more collaborative and connected their teams became.

When they found themselves taking a break from their corporate careers at the same time, they knew they had to find a way to integrate play into work in a bigger way.

In 2023, Shift to Play was born with a mission to help organizations do work differently.

The Principles that Guide Us:

Say Yes and Add to it

We wholeheartedly embrace the principle of Yes, And. We hold space for, receive and build upon each other’s ideas. We venture beyond the familiar and seek to evolve together.

Listen Actively

We practice being present and listening with more than just our ears. We actively listen to diverse perspectives, foster open communication and use empathy to guide our actions, decisions and solutions.

Make Your Partner Look Good

We are committed to collective success. We show up each day for each other providing support, encouragement and constructive feedback.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes

We recognize that making mistakes is a natural part of growth and innovation. We celebrate our mistakes, recognize the resilience and adaptability that comes from facing challenges and fail forward together.

Have fun!!!

We believe that work should be enjoyable and that having fun is essential for a company’s culture. We encourage our teams to infuse joy and playfulness into daily routines and celebrate the moments of fun and laughter that strengthen our bonds.

Improvisation teaches you to think on your feet, to be present, and to take risks.

- Amy Poehler

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct

- Carl Jung

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation

- Plato

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing

- George Bernard Shaw

Play is the highest form of research.

- Albert Einstein

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

- Albert Einstein

Play is the highest form of joy and brings energy, creativity, and inspiration into our lives and workplaces.

- Stuart Brown

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

- George Dorsey

Improv is about being in the moment and reacting honestly to what's happening around you.

- Keegan-Michael Key

The spirit of improvisation applies to the workplace: adapt, respond, and make the most out of any situation.

About Us

Experiences Designed to Shift your Culture, Performance and Potential

Playful minds =

Happier, Higher Performing teams

P.L.A.Y Framework

Presence

Laughter

Agility

Yes And

Presence

Laughter

Agility

Yes And

We make work more

fun!

Creating Shift to Play

The Principles that Guide Us:

Which of the following fun facts do you think belong to Corean or Yoshee?

Break dancer during teenage years

Spent every summer camping as a child

Created the world’s first helicopter auction website in the world

Can stand on their head for more than a minute

During lifetime, has spoken 6 languages, currently speaks 3

Owns more books than anything else

Enjoy soccer, table tennis and basketball to exercise

Can cook anything and make it taste good

It’s time to do work differently.

Give your team some fun right now!