A selection from more than 100 assignments

• A network of bridges built across all 23 tables in one short challenge
• Two key behaviours and two ways of working, chosen by the room itself
• More than 600 anonymous written contributions during the day
• A 60 to 90 day pilot plan for leadership, built from the room's own models and words

"Even though we are in different teams, we all have the same struggles."A participant, in the anonymous workshop poll

• A shared vision of a collaborative cross-campus team
• Simple guiding principles every member can use when deciding
• Ideas for living each principle, captured on gridcards

• Strategic objectives for the knowledge system defined with the team
• The framework co-designed on paper, so every member could shape it
• Country teams shared, through stories, how they work with embassies

• Future-state visions for participants' schools
• Root causes mapped before solutions are proposed
• Ideas stress-tested in critical pairs

• A strategy built on what every member of staff said
• Four strategic themes, OKRs and nine long-term goals
• Over 400 ideas from staff, 35 taken forward to senior leaders

"The On Purpose project was the foundation for the strategy process that followed. It helped create our four strategic themes, our OKRs and our nine long-term goals that drives the work we do today."Sandy Wilson, Executive Director of People and Strategy, The Insights Group

• One Meta-Model© combining every person's vision
• More than 40 forces mapped around the vision
• Two leverage points prioritised for action

"He took a group of 28 smart, diverse, yet also critical data scientists and economists, ranging from junior to board level, and led us to a unified vision for our Data Science practice."Dr Sebastian Wernicke, Partner, Oxera

• A shared vision that moved from helping individuals to transforming the whole prison
• Around 33 forces in the system named and connected
• The work is now in its second pilot

• 3,121 gridcards answering the questions the Commission asked
• 2,638 fields of live Slido polling data
• 93 session reports from 8 Open Space workshops
• Experts left understanding the trade-offs the Commission faced

"He ran the sessions with energy, positivity and patience. There was a clear 'buzz' in the room that doesn't happen in many of these events."Adam Cooper, Policy and Engagement Director, National Infrastructure Commission

• New vision co-created by the leadership team
• A clear three-year strategy
• Full team engagement in implementation planning
• Year-on-year increases in student satisfaction

"Staff and senior managers within Library Services still talk about the Strategy as something they feel real ownership and pride in even though it is some years old."Pat Christie, Director of Libraries and Academic Support Services, UAL

• Significant self-assessed shift from a group to a team identity
• Team members reported 'fundamental' change
• 2016 Facilitation Impact Award from the International Association of Facilitators

"Working with Sean has been a transformational experience for the Senior Management Team at BHASVIC. We have had conversations together and have made progress of a kind that we cannot imagine would ever have been possible without his skilled and committed help."Chris Thomson, Principal, Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College

• A shared model of core, external and aspirational identity
• A system model connecting the agents that affect the vision
• Simple guiding principles for future decisions

"Facilitation is one of those activities that too many people think they can do well. Some of those people should watch you at work: professional, firm, authoritative, gracious and focused on the outcome we wanted."Jonathan Drori CBE, Chairman, Ravensbourne Board of Governors

• Scenarios for the future of medical congresses
• Take-home innovation strategies for every participant
• A 362-page book of outputs, produced during the summit

"Sean Blair is one of the finest program facilitators I've ever had the pleasure of working with. He is amazingly thoughtful in his approach and his preparation is impeccable."Kelly Peacy, Senior Vice President, Education and Events, PCMA

• A shared team vision, built in LEGO® bricks
• Agreed values and behaviours
• A 90-day action plan for every team member

"The workshop delivered well above the outcomes expected, due in large part to the innovative methodology Sean applied through Lego Serious Play and the effort taken by Sean to understand our team, our context and our ambition."Edward Bignold, Director, Hotel Performance and Operations Support Europe, IHG

• Shared mental models of ambition and direction
• Scenarios played in real time
• Strategic priorities agreed by the board

"Set with the challenging task of building alignment within a diverse team of directors, Sean managed to bring some much needed clarity and simplicity to an extremely complex vision."Serge Radovcic, Chief Communications Officer, RIPE NCC

• A shared ten-year roadmap for the sector
• A strategic illustration of the vision and plan
• A sector working more closely together

"His focus on enabling change rather than 'just' facilitating a workshop is really refreshing, and the ProMeet tools he has developed both help to ensure clarity, and to ensure that the outputs of an event are professionally captured and disseminated."Liz Flint, Lead Technologist, Innovate UK

• A meta-model combining eight table visions
• A picture of 'working together better' in the future perfect
• Agreed positive and negative behaviours

• 35 detailed ideation maps
• 120 insights on demand and on current services
• 10 roadmaps of future service landscapes, recorded on film

"Despite the unreasonably short notice, Sean's experience and professionalism meant he was able to design and lead an incredibly fun day of creative codesign activities."Audree Fletcher, Head of UKTI Ideas Lab

• Vision, strategy, values and proposition, illustrated
• A new advisory board inducted on real work
• The format became the standard for board meetings every six months

"He managed our egos with consummate skill and never sought to impose his own agenda."Chris Disspain, on the two-day strategy session for William Grosvenor and Partners

• Four scenarios and videos on the future of chapters
• 13 Open Space session reports
• Individual action plans and learning insights

"Sean did a fantastic job facilitating our European Chapter Business Summit in Copenhagen. We received great feedback from the 40 participants."Federico Toja, Meeting Professionals International

• Five simple guiding principles
• Agreed values and positive behaviours
• Principles now part of the staff induction manual

"In a short space of time he was able to gain the trust of our team and arm them with the skills needed to consider, articulate and select what we're striving to be."Jim Bowes, Managing Director, Manifesto

• 82% said ProMeet is better than the traditional way of meeting
• 89% preferred meeting objectives to a traditional agenda
• 93% said ProMeet would be useful in their department

"ProMeet ensures clarity of objectives and provides a meeting process that gives everyone involved in the meeting a 'voice'."Marina Bolton, Organisation Development, Department for Work and Pensions

• The student journey mapped in 23 stages
• Six outline service blueprints
• The University went on to open a Student Hub

"Extremely effective way of breaking seemingly insurmountable tasks down into tangible chunks."Jane Sloan, University of the Arts London

• Agreement on the outcomes the congress must create
• A refined vision and its consequences
• An action plan and timetable after reviewing two growth scenarios

"You as facilitator did a great job in keeping us on track, stimulating beneficial exchange and avoiding or cutting short futile discussions. With your facilitation, we took great results home and surpassed all expectations."Judith Zimmermann, Executive Director, ESCMID

• A shared vision
• Six strategic objectives
• A prioritised action plan for each objective

"ProMeet took a group of executives from diverse backgrounds many of whom had never met before and managed to meld them into a cohesive board within a few hours."Brian Clivaz, Chief Executive, The Arts Club

• Organisation-wide adoption of ProMeet
• 35 senior leaders trained
• Meeting rooms equipped with ProMeet tools

"Pro-Meet has stood the test of time. Our best meetings are ones that stick to Pro-Meet principles and use the Pro-Meet tools. Highly recommended. And that's from someone who started out as sceptic!"Jayne Hilditch, Corporate Services Director

• A shared vision of the team's purpose
• Agreed positive behaviours, and the negative ones to avoid
• Plans to drive change, and individual action plans

"Right from the initial call, he helped develop the agenda and identify sessions to make the best use of the day in achieving its outcomes."Shah Irani, Lead Programme Manager, Waitrose

• A vision tested with Scales of Agreement
• Five big strategic questions, each answered in writing
• Action plans and a learning review

"You helped us to move on very significantly, both in the way we work and in the development of our five year strategy."Nigel Pantling, Chairman, Fight for Sight

• Vital objectives clarified
• A three-month action plan for every objective
• Dependencies on other departments identified and planned

"ProMeet is an extremely effective meeting system that enabled us to get straight to the point and action plan key objectives to deliver our strategic plan."Cecily Mills, Oliver Bonas

• A shared view of the team's strengths
• Ideas senior management could act on
• A full set of workshop outputs

"One of my biggest gripes with any workshop is keeping the attention of everyone participating. However, with Sean's session we could have easily gone on without anyone starting to lose momentum."Sundeep Bhardwaj, Commercial Analyst, Pernod Ricard

• Peer feedback on leadership strengths
• A shared vision, recorded as a told story
• Positive and negative behaviours, in models

"Even the tiniest detail has been carefully thought through. We had fun and came out of the day with important learning."Rita Fevereiro, Marketing Manager, FutureLearn

• Five root-cause problems identified
• Recommendations on teamwork, resources and decision making
• Better relationships between academics and managers

"The great thing about Lego Serious Play in this context was that it allowed the group to have an adult conversation about the timetabling system without judgement or blame."Nicky Riley, Project Manager, LCC

• Business objectives clarified
• Customers segmented into personas
• A 12-month plan with milestones, and 90-day individual plans

"The process they brought to the meeting was able to be adapted to fit our needs and the facilitation was both focussed and flexible."Graham Honeywill, Head of Online Marketing and Tools, Nokia Siemens Networks

• Fourteen booklets of insights and ideas
• Best practice the whole network could use

"Sean successfully implemented the ProMeet-workshop methodology which unlocked the great thinking of +160 participants from 22 countries."Wouter Vermeulen, Corporate Responsibility Director, Health and Wellness, Coca-Cola Europe

• Panel discussions on complex healthcare topics
• Patient stories that inspired the whole region

"We really appreciated Sean's professional, empathetic and humoristic way to engage the audience."Marianne Reedtz Sparrevohn, Senior PR and Communications Manager, Medtronic

• 18 proposals and 9 project plans
• Better innovation, communication and collaboration
• Leaders took ProMeet tools back to their countries

"The European and Japanese leaders liked your facilitation style, inviting inquiry, without setting the expectation of a right / wrong answer."Roberto Vitagliano, Director, European Human Resources, DENSO International Europe

• Enthusiastic agreement on the constitution
• A steering group appointed after hustings and a vote
• Three working groups with draft 12-month plans

"Your advice on the agenda and your facilitation were both excellent. We have received a lot of positive feedback on the meeting and in particular your facilitation."Katherine George, Project Manager, Global Ghost Gear Initiative

• The four biggest challenges associations face
• Insights from nine breakout sessions
• 1,000+ gridcards and 66 LEGO® models

"Sean has almost single-handedly taken us on a journey from wish list 'what if's' to help improve our programme to a reality of total delegate engagement and interaction."Natasha Richards, Manager, Partnerships and Association Relations, IMEX Group

• Six idea banks created during the congress
• 90% of participants left with new ideas and inspiration

"Sean can walk the thin line of being a strong and connecting moderator without being the centre of the conference."Mogens Kirkeby, President, International Sport and Culture Association

• 150 individual models of personal learning
• 36 shared models of the future railway

"The LEGO Serious Play session went really well and I heard lots of positive comments on the day."Giulia Lorenzini, Partnerships Manager, RSSB

• 21 detailed field-trial ideas
• Five school consortia selected for support
• Three further rounds of Next Practice over two years

"This system provided the best structure for our meetings that I have ever seen."Mike Gibbons, Innovation Unit