{"podcast":{"title":"Squiggly Careers","slug":"squiggly-careers-755233","podcast_index_feed_id":755233,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL9013254409","website_url":"http://www.amazingif.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e52f6dce-340a-11f1-9553-87b22d7956a4/image/b446c05844a7a5d44164e3cba433ae00.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"AmazingIf","episode_count":585,"summary":"Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. Every so often they take a break from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, author of The Joy of Work Bruce Daisley, and neuroscience expert Amy Brann. The Squiggly Careers podcast has been recommended by Harvard Business Review, Stylist, Marie Claire and Management Today. For more ideas, tools and inspiration every week, you can also sign up to their newsletter Squiggly Careers in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:17:12.363141+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233"},"episode":{"title":"Squiggly Shortcut: Small Ways to Make Play Part of Your Team Day","slug":"squiggly-shortcut-small-ways-to-make-play-part-of-your-team-day","published_at":"2026-03-26T05:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/squiggly-shortcut-small-ways-to-make-play-part-of-your-team-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233","url":"https://shows.acast.com/amazingif/episodes/squiggly-shortcut-small-ways-to-make-play-part-of-your-team","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL3565401551.mp3","summary":"In this Squiggly Shortcut, Sarah shares how to bring small, low-pressure moments of play into team days, without falling into the trap of forced fun. She shares why play matters for learning, connection, and wellbeing, and offers simple, practical ideas that teams can try in just a few minutes. Episode 546 🦞 Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://bit.ly/46lj8Av 📚 Resources Mentioned Play by Stuart Brown - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Play-Shapes-Brain-Imagination-Invigorates/dp/1583333789 The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton - https://www.100yearlife.com/ Humor, Seriously by Jannifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humour-Serious-Business-Superpower-Work/dp/0241405939 Episode #441 How to fit more play into your day - https://youtu.be/hSsiRr0WXWE For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🦞 Join the Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNQl9gsac8BXnWe2qoGuHkLKwsygjP_Ma&amp;si=l7kODG3JpopH0Irz 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"In this Squiggly Shortcut, Sarah shares how to bring small, low-pressure moments of play into team days, without falling into the trap of forced fun. She…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":595,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiggly-careers-755233/episodes/squiggly-shortcut-small-ways-to-make-play-part-of-your-team-day/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/squiggly-shortcut-small-ways-to-make-play-part-of-your-team-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}