About Dale.
Play consultant, author, speaker and founder of The School of Play.
Meet the man behind the play.
Dale Sidebottom has spent 20+ years helping people thrive through the science and joy of play. Here's everything you need to know.
Four roles. One mission.
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From a classroom to 25 countries.
Two decades of following the play, one milestone at a time.
The classroom begins
Starts teaching PE & health in Australian schools, discovering connection always comes before content.
Play changes everything
A breakthrough insight: play is one of the most powerful tools for human wellbeing at any age.
School of Play founded
Turns the idea into a movement, The School of Play launches, helping schools embed wellbeing through play.
All Work No Play published
The book that started a global conversation about why adults need play just as much as children.
TEDx Docklands
Delivers "The Power of Play" at TEDx Docklands, watched by more than 20,000 people around the world.
Wolf Logic Leadership
Launches the Wolf Logic Trust Lab, a leadership philosophy built on trust, courage and connection.
Better Us & ClassBreak
Student wellbeing platform and teacher activity app launch globally, technology meets play at scale.
25+ countries · 600+ schools
Two podcasts, four books, and a global community of people choosing to live and lead through play.
The numbers tell the story.
Two decades of showing up, building things and helping people play.
“Spending the day with Dale is akin to the feeling you get with an extra pump of chocolate sauce on your sundae. The most positively infectious person I’ve ever met. He didn’t stop smiling for 4 hours straight whilst being challenged simultaneously.”
Twenty years, in moments.
From the classroom to TEDx to 25 countries.
Dale, by the numbers.
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