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Brandi Heather

Playful Intelligence™: Built into your biology. Buried by burnout. Brought back by play.

Travels from Red Deer AB, Canada

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Speaks on:

Burnout Prevention

Adaptive Leadership

Creative Problem Solving

Employee Engagement

Leadership Development

Mental Health Awareness

Formats:

Keynote

Breakout

Training

Audience members say

Brandi electrifies rooms with her contagious energy, creating safe spaces where teams rediscover the transformative power of play. She weaves "eye-opening" and "mindset-shifting" sessions that blend heartfelt stories with interactive moments, leaving participants feeling both enlightened and accepted. Her unique ability to make vulnerability feel natural helps professionals combat burnout while reconnecting with their authentic selves and colleagues. Clients book Brandi as the "antidote to stress and isolation," watching as her playful approach inspires teams to collaborate more effectively and incorporate joy into their personal and professional lives.
Key Audience Outcomes

  • Participants gained a fresh perspective on themselves and their teams.

  • Attendees felt reminded of the importance and possibility of play in their lives.

  • Attendees felt more equipped to foster collaborative behaviors within their teams.

  • Participants felt inspired to reconnect with their inner selves and prevent burnout.

Brandi's Bio

Brandi Heather is an experience. Serious science. Bold ideas. Playfully delivered. Through her Playful Intelligence™ Framework, Brandi taps into our biological drive to play to create something rare: a real-time shift in how people connect, communicate, and innovation. 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 top talent, and build workplaces where people want to be using something they already have - a built-in drive to play. Brandi blends neuroscience and soul into unforgettable, interactive moments that make audiences feel seen, energized, and capable. Event organizers trust her to deliver more than inspiration - giving audiences tools they practice in the room to navigate uncertainty, perfectionism, and constant change with confidence. Your audience will never look at play or work the same way again. PRESS PLAY.

Brandi Offers the Following Talks

Leadership DevelopmentBurnout Prevention

Leaders Play First: Unlock Your Playful Intelligence™ for Business & Leadership Success

  • Practical tools for leaders to prevent burnout in themselves and their teams.

  • A repeatable system for building resilience and adaptability under pressure.

  • Strategies for creating psychological safety and trust in workplace culture.

  • A clear connection between play, performance, and long-term retention.

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60 minutes - full day

Mental Health AwarenessBurnout Prevention

Healing Our Caring Systems:How Our Playful Intelligence™Builds Adaptability, Courage and Connection

  • Learn practical, evidence-based strategies to recharge your energy

  • Discover tools to regulate the nervous system and support mental wellness

  • Strengthen connection and rekindle creativity in the midst of chaos

  • Rebuild capacity for caring professionals who have learned to just "push through"

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60 minutes - full day

Burnout PreventionEmployee Engagement

You Can't Play In A Show Home: How To Build A Work-Life You Can Live In

  • A practical lens to recognize how overperformance and perfectionism shut down creativity, connection, and courage.

  • Tools to reset the nervous system and re-engage the parts of the brain needed for adaptability and innovation.

  • A new language for talking about burnout, mental health, and psychological safety.

  • Actionable strategies to create a workplace culture where people feel capable, courageous, and connected.

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60 minutes - full day

Creative Problem SolvingMotivation

Playful Intelligence™ The Human Operating System for Motivation, Innovation, and Collaboration

  • A science-based framework for keeping motivation high when pressure is higher.

  • Simple tools to unlock fresh ideas and solve problems in new ways.

  • Clarity on how Playful Intelligence™ fuels innovation and adaptability in real time.

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60 minutes - full day

Burnout PreventionTeamwork

The Safest Teams Take the Boldest Risks: A Playful Intelligence™ Team Assessment

  • Strengthen retention and reduce turnover by addressing burnout and hidden workload before they erode culture.

  • Increase innovation capacity by building the psychological safety that allows bold ideas to surface and stick.

  • Improve decision-making under pressure with a framework that helps teams respond strategically instead of reactively.

  • Reveal untapped strengths and barriers through the Playful Intelligence™ Organizational Analysis, providing actionable data for leaders.

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Adaptive LeadershipStress Management

Playful Intelligence™ for Leaders

  • Spot and shift the stress patterns quietly draining their personal and professional energy.

  • Activate the skills that get hidden by fear and dissolve barriers to creativity, connection, and collaboration.

  • Apply a shared language that makes adaptability and innovation part of everyday work.

  • Understand the dynamics driving your team’s performance, decision-making, and trust - and know how to strengthen them.

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Brandi's Links and Media Mentions

@Brandi__Heather

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