Portia Tung
The Play Alchemist
Edition
ACE! 2025
Topic: Playful Leadership: Harnessing Your Leadership Through the Power of Play
Are you eager to constantly learn and develop yourself? Do you long to enable change and transformation in your daily life with more verve and joy? Or perhaps you’re looking for answers to deeper life questions so you can make your next big leap.
According to Playful Leadership, the first system to work on is our own. It is from this place that our gifts flow so we can soar or our blocks emerge which prevent us from taking flight.
In this playful and experiential talk, you’ll learn about the latest research on developmental play science alongside the secrets to creating happy and life-supporting systems so that you, as well as those you serve, can merrily thrive and belong.
This interactive talk explains the fundamentals of how change happens and what we need to do so systems, including the people in them, can thrive now and for many years to come.
Biography:
By combining her skills with her desire to bring about positive and enduring change, Portia has stumbled upon a wholesome way of leading she calls Playful Leadership through harnessing the power of Play Alchemy. It’s a way of enabling transformational change that is fun, effective and efficient – at work, at home and anywhere you go.
Portia is the author of The Dream Team Nightmare: Boost Team Productivity Using Agile Techniques, the first ever Agile novel where your decisions determine the outcome of the story.
Portia is well-known for her fun, practical and thought-provoking talks and workshops at Agile conferences, and is also the creator of creative concepts such as Agile Fairytales and TEDxMiltonKeynes concept of Enterprise Gardening. Find out more about Portia’s musings through her The School of Play blog and Agile Coaching blog.