This article shows how the 6 core competencies of a facilitator are visualized using the Lego Serious Play method. The 6 competencies are part of the IAF – International Association of Facilitators assessment process. At the Lego Serious Play day of 23 May 2017 at Eindhoven (The Netherlands) I facilitated a workshop to share the […]
6 benefits of an internal Project Management facilitator
A colleague preparing for a job interview, asked me: “How can the engagement of an internal facilitator for project teams be justified?”. I enjoyed answering this question and I like to share it with my LinkedIn contacts. My answers are based on my experience as an internal facilitator for innovation project teams during my time […]
A new tool to prioritize ideas in brainstorms
Recently I facilitated a workshop with students working in the Disruptive Design Studio of Unilever R&D Vlaardingen (NL). Their assignment was to think of a new product. While designing the brainstorm we thought of a new tool to prioritize ideas. This tool worked well and looked fantastic too; we called it ‘the Spiderweb’. Let me […]
FQW – A new tool to run a team update
FQW stands for: Facts – Questions –Worries. It is a new tool created by me to facilitate project team update meetings. It allows everybody’s individual input on the most important aspects of the project progress. And while sharing the individual FQW’s the team will learn how to continue the project in an effective way and […]
Career planning using Lego Serious Play
“I want an employer who allows me to ‘fly away’ now and then”; is how one of the participants sees her future career. A team of trainees joined a Lego Serious Play workshop at the LEF Future Center of Rijkswaterstaat (NL). It delivered great insights into their personal career growth path as well as they […]
Rabobank – “How could we apply Lego Serious Play?”
The Service Design team of Rabobank in Utrecht wanted to know more about Lego Serious Play and how it can be used in facilitating creative processes. The 1,5 hour programme contained 2 exercises on how to build models with Lego Serious Play. First, the participants built a model that described “Which part of your work […]
Conference closure with Lego Serious Play
We used the Lego Serious Play method at the closure of the Bridge2Food 11th Food Proteins Course 2016 with 100 scientists to facilitate them to stay connected with each other after the Conference. 99% of the participants had never heard about the Lego Serious Play method, and were happy learn about this new method. This […]
Hall of Fame – here I am!
The Board of Directors of IAF Global honoured me with an induction into the International Association of Facilitators’ Hall of Fame. I am truly thankful for their recognition and I am happy to pass on this news to my clients and colleagues. I would like to thank Jan Lelie and Henri Haarmans who initiated my […]
Lego Serious Play; How plastic elephants transform into a symbol of Respect
“These are only plastic bricks!” our trainer Michel Cloosterman shouts at us whilst we are in a fierce discussion about the next move of our team. We are all facilitators in Day 4 of our facilitation training for the Lego Serious Play method. And although we are not a real team, the method does make […]