About us
Clients loved the day. A few months later, too often, the old patterns were back. So we stopped treating it as a facilitation problem and started treating it as a system problem. That changed everything we do.
What we learned
Through ProMeet, our facilitation practice, we ran strategy sessions for Coca-Cola Europe, InterContinental Hotels Group, Medtronic and the Department for Work and Pensions. Clients rated them highly. But we kept seeing the same thing: real insight on the day, then a slow return to old habits. Capable people, clear plans, the same problems.
In 2015, over coffee in Billund, Sean and Marko Rillo decided to write the how-to book the LEGO® Serious Play® field lacked. SERIOUSWORK became a foundation text, and we have since trained more than 3,000 people to facilitate, in 21 countries. Teaching that many facilitators made us spell out what works, and admit what doesn't.
We joined LEGO® Serious Play® to systems thinking and dialogue, so a leadership team can see the whole system it works in and change it together. Professor Bart Victor, co-inventor of LEGO® Serious Play®, wrote the foreword to the book that sets it out. And we design every engagement so your own people can carry it on without us.
How the work runs today: five steps, one cycle →
The people
Founder
Sean has designed and led strategic work for leadership teams since 2000, for organisations including Google, HSBC, Pfizer, the UK Cabinet Office and the US Space Force. He wrote SERIOUSWORK and The Systems Synergy, and developed the SeriousWork Systems Thinking Model©. He is based in Singapore and works worldwide.
"Clear thinking, creative, energising, supportive and great fun to work with."Liz Flint, Lead Technologist, Innovate UK
Director of Learning and Innovation
Liam is a learning designer with 20 years' experience. He designs the workshops and programmes behind much of our client work, and has trained hundreds of SERIOUSWORK™ facilitators to use LEGO® Serious Play® for strategic and systems thinking. His background as an educator shapes how he designs: for capability that lasts, not just a good day. He is the author of Building Better Learning.
"Just watching him in action was a masterclass in facilitation."Sarah Hodgson, Google review
Jens DrögeMaster Trainer · Germany
Victoria BradleyMaster Trainer, Coaching · Portugal
Johnny WongAssociate · Hong Kong
Sophie Ma XiaoTsingAssociate · China
Gaylin GeeAssociate · South Africa
Ellen ChoiAssociate · South Korea
Mirjami Sipponen-DamonteAssociate · Finland
Camilla Nørgaard JensenAssociate · Denmark
Héctor Villarreal LozoyaAssociate · Dominican RepublicIn their words
Senior leaders we have worked with
From cynic to sycophant in 48 hours! I was deeply sceptical about LEGO® Serious Play®. By the end our Trustees and senior managers were bonded as never before, our shared vision defined and a sense of optimism filled the air.
Professional, firm, authoritative, gracious and focused on the outcome we wanted, which was to have a senior team of executives and governors sharing ambition and direction.
You helped us to move on very significantly, both in the way we work and in the development of our five year strategy.
Outstanding job of taking our Senior Team through the process of strategic planning. The methods enabled us to work smarter and faster than expected, as well as to allow democracy of voice amongst a newly formed senior team.
Sean managed to bring some much needed clarity and simplicity to an extremely complex vision, and for this we are truly thankful.
He took the time to understand well our organization, its challenges during the merger of three units, and was fully committed to deliver an exceptional service.
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The people we train Five-star rated on Google
"I've attended many leadership, coaching, and facilitation programs over the years, and this was one of the few that genuinely shifted how I think about helping people learn, reflect, and make sense of complexity together. Sean Blair is an exceptional facilitator."
"Thank you so much for four days of fun and intense training! Liam was a fantastic facilitator who managed to squeeze so much into the four days. It's a fantastic way to learn and I hit the ground running back in the real world."
"An exceptional and rich learning experience. Sean is a true class act in the way he shares his craft and knowledge in an inclusive environment. I am looking forward to practice my learnings!"
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