Playful Case Studies
From improving creativity skills and collaboration to boosting belonging, connection and adaptability, here are our client success stories
What our clients are saying
Andrea Vienet
People Experience Partner
Carman's Kitchen
Dara kicked off our very first Learning Festival at Carman's - Carchella. She took us on a seriously fun ride with a session on "Adaptability at Play." The energy in that room could've powered a small city! Dara's ability to tailor a session to our goals, that linked in with our strategy and was super engaging and fun is second to none. Her presence and creativity, combined with her experience and knowledge is super impressive. The number of people from the session who commented on how much they loved it was huge.
Katherine Kirkwood
Snr Org Dev Consultant
AUS Foundation for Disability
David Bland
Chief Marketing Officer
AGL
Thank you for all the hard work, collaboration, and fun leading up to our conference. Your dedication and playfulness were evident in every aspect of the event.
Thank you for infusing the two days with your amazing energy and playfulness. Your dynamic presence and innovative ideas truly added a special touch to the conference, creating a memorable experience for all our leaders.
Working with Culture Hero has been a game-changer for our organisation. They inspired us to think differently and find innovative ways to engage our people leaders on their transformation journey. Their thought leadership and support were instrumental in bringing a comprehensive program together. The feedback from our participants has been incredible, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Culture Hero to anyone looking to drive meaningful change within their organisation.
The Culture Hero team did an outstanding job in developing and facilitating an incredible leaders’ day for the AGL team focussed around preparing the team for transformation. Dara helped to conceive how we would pull together a day which would engage a diverse group of AGL leaders in a fun and interactive way. Not only this, but then coached all speakers to land a compelling message and facilitated a range of interactive activities – a huge success with positive feedback across the board. Highly recommended!’ - Glenn Waterson, GM Retail Transformation, AGL
Thank you for all the hard work, collaboration, and fun leading up to our conference. Your dedication and playfulness were evident in every aspect of the event.Thank you for infusing the two days with your amazing energy and playfulness. Your dynamic presence and innovative ideas truly added a special touch to the conference, creating a memorable experience for all our leaders. - -Mahereen Muneer, Executive Manager, AGL
We realised the best thing was to roll with the ideas and put our trust in them. We’re very glad we did! The feedback from attendees was fantastic. The event was run several times and I was stunned by the impact that the play based activities had. On one event a game was omitted to make up ten minutes of time, but had to be re added when it was clear the attendees brains weren’t as well opened as a result! - Richard Blundell, Director, Customer, PWC
Culture Hero facilitated our annual all-staff event, and it was a smashing success. In the lead up, Dara worked closely with us to understand who we are, what we do, and what matters to us, and this translated into a event that went down extremely well with our employees. One thing that stood out was how in-tune the Culture Hero team was with our own team. They were adept at reading the energy of the room, seamlessly adapting the tone and content of day to keep the audience uplifted and engaged. In the post-event evaluation survey, 97% of attendees said their experience on the day was "good" or better, and 100% said they enjoyed the facilitators. It's hard to beat that. - Aaron Ford, CEO, Candella
The team have absolutely created a spark, turning on a creative culture within our organisation. The feedback was outstanding. We have seen a number of the tools and takeaways continue to show up across our business to unlock new ways of collaborating and building on each other’s ideas. Our leadership team is now aware of the power of “Yes, And….”, and we have seen multiple teams introduce play into their organisational rituals. - Jake Spiering, Ex-Chief Financial Officer, Chevron
I was lucky enough to be introduced to Dara through her 2018 Breakout conference with IDEO Partner Brendan Boyle and play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown. Little did I know that this conference would cause me to break out of my corporate thinking and learn to think about innovation from a place of curiosity, exploration and play. Dara has been incredibly influential to my approach to corporate life - in particular idea generation, change management and leading my teams. Her energy is infectious, her purpose is clear and she is next level passionate about helping people challenge the status quo and learn a new way of thinking. This is critical for any organisation in a world of growing complexity and constant change. In order to build an organisation that can shift, stretch and respond rapidly, you need a workforce that can deliver it. Dara's workshops are the instrument to achieve this change in thinking. - Jennifer Travers, Partner, KPMG