BoredLess | Acey - Keynote Speaker on Play & Flow Keynote Speaker from Denver, CO

What if the key to peak performance wasn’t harder work—but smarter play? Acey Holmes rewires how teams think, collaborate, and lead—through neuroscience and joy. Ignite workplace transformation with Acey Holmes, founder of BoredLess and a nationally recognized expert in Playful Work Design. With a background in neuroscience, adult learning, and speech-language pathology, Acey blends research with real-world strategy to help teams reconnect with creativity, purpose, and each other through the science and power of play. She’s the creator of the IGN!TE Framework, a human-centered model that energizes workplace culture across five pillars: Inclusion, Flexibility, Purpose, Psychological Safety, and Play (the core spark behind it all). Her sessions are neurodivergent-affirming, deeply human, and always invitation-based. Acey is a sought-after speaker on some of today’s most urgent workplace challenges: burnout, disengagement, and fractured team dynamics. She helps teams not just talk about these issues but move through them with clarity, connection, and creativity. Her approach reignites motivation, strengthens team cohesion, and creates the conditions for real, sustained energy. Known for skipping the gimmicks and buzzwords, Acey delivers grounded science, honest stories, and immediately actionable tools. Think: dopamine, decision-making, and doodling your way to better collaboration. Whether guiding executives through the Flow Cycle or helping HR leaders re-engage burned-out teams, Acey brings unmatched energy and empathy to every room she’s in. Audience members walk away with fresh tools, new language, and that rarest of workplace emotions: actual joy. Jackie Sloan, an attendee of one of Acey's workshops had this to say: "This was one of the best workshops I have ever attended, and I have been to a lot!?" Want to boost motivation, creativity, and resilience on your team? Invite Acey to help you do it: playfully, powerfully, and with purpose.