The Facilitator Tour

I’D BEEN IN IRAQ LONG ENOUGH to get used to some of its unique experiences: “mud rainstorms,” caused by raindrops mixing with particles of dust suspended in the air; highly questionable holes in the ground substituting for restroom stalls; and the daily grind …

I spent 11 years with LEGO® primarily in the Training and Organizational Development space. In the early 2000’s there were murmurs around the office of LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) (LSP) but I did not actually …

I would like to share the immense satisfaction I gained from facilitating a workshop for a Technology Solutions company. I had the opportunity to assist them in identifying potential projects aligned with…

My professional experience is people-focused, and I have worked for more than 25 years in various people-related senior managerial and consulting roles with local and international companies, in a dozen countries in…

My name is Laurence Sato, living in Kanagawa, Japan. I became a certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) facilitator in 2011 And after more than 10 years of time and experience since then, I became certified as a trainer in 2022.

A good leadership culture is also a top priority for medical staff, and today medical practices attract good staff by creating an appreciative working atmosphere. Without knowledge of personnel management, conflicts often arise in practices.

Being a marine biologist, doing research and teaching at the university was one of my first dreams that came true. When I achieved it, things started pushing me into another direction, and I moved…

I work as a guest teacher in primary and secondary schools. During my lessons I use LEGO®, in particular the STEAM* (21st century Skills) sets provided by LEGO Education. In 2021 I became certified …

I was learning much easier and faster when I was practicing the theory I had been taught in school. I remember myself getting back in my room and experimenting, playing, and observing anything could be practically reproduced from theory to practice. Now it was in the last…

I met LEGO SERIOUS Play at an innovation convention in 2011 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. At that point, I started researching how I could become a facilitator. I discovered that in 2012, Robert Rassmussen would give …

In spring 2021, I decided to leave my 9-5 and relaunch my training and development company REID Training Group, and I was looking totake a course that would build upon my skills, but I didn’t want to go back to school. After a few days of searching online…

LEGO® was a household feature when I was growing up. While I was never drawn to the aesthetic building, I was always thrilled to explore the possibility of mindset…innovate to excel, driving imagination and most importantly have fun.  An avid believer of …

The training market in Poland is full of creative trainers. Social media is full of groups sharing information about what’s new, where to find it and how to apply it. I was among them, searching for methods and tools that fit my personal training style better than copyrighted …

In our tour around the world we wanted to start sharing some experiences from: Brasil. So we invited Paquisa to share some insights on how the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) method touched ground in her country.
You are already years involved in LSP …

Here comes the first challenge, to summarize that! I was born and raised in Hungary, behind the iron curtain. However, in our family this curtain had some holes to peak through: e.g. some of my predecessors lived in North America and Germany. My studies were equally non-typical …

I’ve always been one for firsts as an innovator working in entrepreneurship, cleantech and fintech industries in Africa. I was working in the non-profit sector in Canada and I really needed a new challenge and I jumped at the chance in 2009 to join as a …

I have been dealing with healthcare and questions related to the healthcare sector since I was 16 years old. That is why it was completely clear to me that my path was going to be the study of health management, which in time, I undertook in Krems at the University of …

Laxman Murugappen is one of the driving members of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) Community in India and founder of PlayThinkTransform under the Academy of Customer Experience umbrella, which he formed with his father and two sisters …

The model you see in my profile pic was built for this article. The skeleton is me; I grow different skins to fit my various projects, on my head, I have a knowledge tree. One day, I can be working World Bank or British Council designing education quality standards for …

Educated in China for an master engineering and MBA degrees. I grew up with China economy take-off 1989- 2014 working in HP, Oracle and Microsoft, I did R&D, enterprise sales and like to travel. I have been to Europe 25-times, visited the LSP annual meeting as …