# How play boosts your creativity and resilience

- Institution: TED
- Department: Play@TED
- Speaker: Katina Bajaj
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katina_bajaj_how_play_boosts_your_creativity_and_resilience)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When was the last time you just ... played? Creative health scientist Katina Bajaj thinks adults are in a "play deprivation crisis," where we've replaced our fun-loving human nature with optimization and efficiency. She makes the case that play isn't a reward for productivity but rather a survival skill — and invites you to rediscover the freedom of not knowing where something will end up.

## Lectures

1. [How play boosts your creativity and resilience](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katina_bajaj_how_play_boosts_your_creativity_and_resilience/92aa51846157), 12 min (TED's player)