Meet your Masterclass Trainers
Michael Fearne
Michael Fearne is a LEGO Serious Play methods expert from Australia with over two decades of facilitation experience and going on 13 years of LSP facilitation.
Michael lives and breathes LEGO Serious Play methods. He has been delivering LSP to clients, training and certifying people in LSP internationally, and wrote the book, The LSP Method: How to engage people and spark insights using the LEGO Serious Play method (2020), and continues to look for new ways to bring LSP to the world.
His overall mission is to see LEGO Serious Play methods in all corners of the globe, being used to enhance conversations and insights for everyone. And to do that he is empowering others to share their LSP knowledge, but training, equipping, and certifying experienced facilitators to become trainers. He can be found on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfearne/
Miriam O'Donoghue
Miriam O'Donoghue is an accomplished facilitator, trainer, and consultant with over 40 years of experience spanning both the private and public sectors. Throughout her career, Miriam has held senior leadership roles, including Head of Department at an associate college of Trinity College University, Dublin, National Manager for the Further Education Support Service, and Director of the Curriculum Development Unit. As the Director of Miriam O'Donoghue Education Services Ltd, Miriam delivers creative and impactful facilitation and training globally, working with corporations, organizations, teams,
community groups, and the education sector.
Miriam is a licensed trainer in LEGO Serious Play, LEGO Six Bricks, Group Facilitation Methods, Mind Mapping, and Game for Solutions, equipping others with innovative tools to inspire learning and development.
Currently, Miriam is writing an insightful book for the LEGO Serious Play community, diving into the creative potential of the iconic LEGO Duck.
Miriam can be found at LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamodonoghue/
Michalis Barsarkidis
Michalis Barsakidis, born in Germany in 1968 with Greek roots, is considered one of the most experienced facilitators in Europe as an expert in the co-creative communication method LEGO Serious Play (LSP) and as an LSP Master Trainer. He has completed more than 10 LSP training courses himself and now trains the largest number of LSP facilitators in Germany. In 2015, Michalis completed his certification in training-the-trainer, which has had a lasting impact on his work as a trainer.
Michalis has developed several innovative LSP formats, including BringYourBricks ©, Bricks & Beer ©, BrickMob © and the trade fair format LSP2Go ©. With these formats, he creates solutions for a wide range of target groups. He has also developed training approaches for large groups, which he successfully implemented in autumn 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco, with 19 participants for becoming certified as LEGO Serious Play methods facilitators. He has been particularly successful in combining LSP with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) to support organisations in sustainable business models.
Michalis was previously the owner of an advertising agency for 15 years and has been a certified communications specialist since 1996. His experience continues to shape his approach to process support and moderation to this day. In addition to his professional activities, he can look back on over 10 years of teaching at a private university.
Michalis can be found on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-barsakidis/
Thijs Van Loon
With over 19 years of experience as a Mentor trainer, Thijs van Loon has been providing professionals in over 60 countries with the newest skills in Sales, Communication, Team Management and Train the Trainer courses, as well as executive coaching sessions.
Having worked at Apple and Google for most of his career, Thijs embodies the best practices used in these companies throughout his workshops and coaching. His focus is on making things practical, so trainees and coachees can immediately apply what is learned in their own working or personal environment. Everything he trains has been field tested and has helped businesses thrive. Next to being a Mentor trainer, Thijs is also an NLP Master Practitioner, a Certified LEGO Serious Play Facilitator and Psych-k certified Coach.
As the founder and director of Betterworks Asia, he provides leaders, top talent and companies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia with a trusted program for professional skills improvement and coaching.
Thijs can be found on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thijsv1/