Wake Up Your Workshops: 6 Brain-Friendly Practices for Change Makers

Tired of talking at people about change and watching their energy drop off a cliff?

In this session, you’ll experience six simple, brain-friendly principles that turn passive listeners into active participants – whether you’re running a change briefing, a training session, or a workshop with stakeholders.

Drawing on Training from the BACK of the Room!, we’ll explore how movement, talking, writing, images & words, shorter chunks, and variety help people stay engaged and actually remember what you’re asking them to change.

You won’t just hear about the principles – you’ll use them. Through fast-paced activities, small-group breakouts, and a graphic organiser, you’ll try out each practice and see how it feels from the participant’s perspective. Then you’ll plan concrete next steps to apply the principles in your own sessions.

You’ll leave able to:

• List the 6 brain science principles behind more engaging sessions
• Apply them immediately to your own change workshops, trainings, and meetings

About Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul (JP) is a Partner at Actineo Consulting LLP who helps facilitators and teams unlock better collaboration through purposeful design and play.

He’s passionate about showing there’s a better way to run workshops - inclusive, engaging, and so immersive that time just flies by. One of two Training from the BACK of the Room! Certifiers globally, PST, former Innovation Games trainer, over the last 10 years, JP has trained 1,000+ people worldwide and led sessions at major Lean and Agile conferences across Europe and the US.