In this episode, i had the pleasure of speaking with Alexandru Popa, the Associate Director of Blockchain for Pharma Supply Chain at MSD. We discussed the link between MSD and blockchain technology and how this innovative technology is being used in the pharmaceutical industry to gather and record data.

Alexandru shared with us how Design Thinking can be a useful approach for implementing new technologies, especially when there is no framework or use case available. He also emphasized the importance of having an external facilitator to guide teams through the process of innovation and highlighted some of the benefits of facilitation as an essential skill in a company.

We delved into some common misconceptions about meetings and explored ways to make them more meaningful, whether online or face-to-face. We also discussed some tips and tricks for keeping engagement high in remote sessions.

Overall, this was a fascinating conversation about the intersection of blockchain technology, design thinking, facilitation, and Flamenco, and we hope you found it as insightful as we did. Thanks for tuning in!

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**LINK- Guest**

**Alexandru Popa - Associate Director | Blockchain for Pharma Supply Chain at MSD
Linkedin profile:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandru-popa-mba-1726a557/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandru-popa-mba-1726a557/)

**Book Recommendation**

“The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything” from Michael J. Casey und Paul Vigna

In this episode, we welcome Marc Jaspers, a creative concept strategist and workshop facilitation addict. Marc shares his journey to becoming a successful facilitator, including his experience as a marketing manager and how he failed by wanting to change everything. He explains why the Design Sprint was not the solution, but the right path, and shares advice from Jack Knapp on where to start with facilitation.

Marc also talks about the magic of involving everybody in discussion without discussing, and how he gained confidence as a facilitator through experience.

Throughout the episode, Marc emphasizes the importance of involving everyone in a workshop and making them feel heard, as well as the value of experience and confidence in facilitation.

Stay tune if you want to get insights and tips on how to become successful workshop facilitators from Marc's journey and expertise.

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**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

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**LINK- Guest**

**Marc Jaspers - Freelance Creative Concept Strategist
Linkedin profile:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joinmarc/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joinmarc/)

**Webside:** [https://marc.rip](https://marc.rip/)

Have a look to Marc’s Newsletter on Substack: [https://bettercreativebusiness.substack.com](https://bettercreativebusiness.substack.com/p/how-i-turned-my-agency-client-meetings)

**Reference**

Jack Knapp, Author of the book “Sprint”

AJ&Smart, creater of the Programm “The Workshopper Master”

Every facilitator knows that facilitating a workshop does not start on the day of the workshop. The design of the workshop is an important phase where the right questions need to be asked, the underlying objectives of the client need to be detected, the participants of the workshop need to be taken into account.
So where to start when designing a workshop, what to pay particular attention to and what mistakes to avoid.

In this episode, I have the pleasure to chat with my friend Dee Scarano. Dee is from Australia and lives in Berlin. She used to work in product design until she discovered her passion for facilitation with the design sprint process. She is a highly skilled innovation coach, collaboration consultant and workshop facilitator. She was one of the famous faces on the AJ&Smart youtube channel and now works as a freelancer.

Facilitators, if you want to learn what common mistakes are done by most of us and how to avoid them, Dee and I gave you some insights with concrete examples of how to do it.

- Where to start by designing a workshop
- Don’t follow the recipe if it don’t fit to the client’s need
- But don’t skip crucial steps of recipe when these are absolutely necessary to reach the goal

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**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

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**LINK- Guest**

Dee Scrarano
**Linkedin profile:**[https://www.linkedin.com/in/deescarano/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deescarano/)

**Webside:** [https://www.deescarano.com](https://www.deescarano.com/)

**WRAP-UP**

Isn't it the most beautiful job in the world to enable people to play?

Talking about that:
Don't we forget to play when we grow up, even though it is the most normal thing in the world when we are children? I go even further: it would be disturbing if a child could not play.
So what happens to our creativity if we don't give it the space it needs?

Today I welcome Manuel Grassler, a playful thinker, a playpreneur. His mission is bringing playful methodologies into the business environment and helping people solve complex problems with a playful manner.

Manuel is a workshop facilitator and trainer for methods such as lego serious play, playmobil pro or card-based tools, among others.

In this episode you will learn

- What the difference is between game and play
- How a facilitator can bring his participant to adopt a playful thinking
- What the benefits are of such an experience for the participant?

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**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

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**LINK- Guest**

Manuel Grassler
**Linkedin profile:**[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgrassler/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgrassler/)

**Webside:** [https://manuelgrassler.com](https://manuelgrassler.com/)

****LSP® Playing Cards Business Edition English :****

********[https://manuelgrassler.com/product/lsp-playing-cards-business-edition/](https://manuelgrassler.com/product/lsp-playing-cards-business-edition/)

**Reference Book**:

James Carse „Finite and Infinite Games“

Simon Sinek “ The infinite Game”

**Wrap-Up**

In this episode, I meet **Jakob Knutzen**, co-founder and CEO of Butter, the platform by excellence to prepare and run collaborative remote sessions.

**Online workshops as smooth as butter!**

But Butter is not only a platform with all other tools, like Miro, Mural, Mentimenter, Youtube integrated but also a wonderful community of facilitators or a lot of persons

So Jakob will tell us how he founded Butter and of course we will talk about the platform, the community and facilitation.

We talk about :

👉🏻 His path from consultant to co-founder and CEO of Butter

👉🏻 The creation of the butter platform

👉🏻 The power of the butter community

👉🏻 Why facilitation the skill of the future is

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**LINK & DISCOUNT CODE**

👏👏> >**Butter Discount for podcast audience**👏👏 :
**30% discount** on Butter's annual plans using the code **NATHY30** at checkout.
**Webside:** [https://www.butter.us](https://www.butter.us/)

Jakob Linkedin Profile:[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakobknutzen/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakobknutzen/)

Joint the amazing Butter Community: [https://community.butter.us/home](https://community.butter.us/home)

Butter - Youtube Channel: [https://www.youtube.com/@Butter_HQ](https://www.youtube.com/@Butter_HQ)

Anamaria - Community Manager : [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anamariadorgo/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anamariadorgo/)

**WRAP-UP**

In this episode I have the pleasure of welcoming Pedram Parasmand from London. We both met in automn 2022 on linkedin and immediately had a great connection.

Pedram is a workshop facilitator, co-founder and CEO of The Skills lab, which helps companies onboard new employees, implement learning programmes and courses, develop leadership, develop teams and implement organisational change programmes.

He also created the Workshop Mastery programme to help business owners, consultants and coaches deliver workshops that make a big impact and leave a lasting impression on their clients.

We talk about it:

👉🏻 His journey from physics teacher to qualified workshop facilitator and founder of The Skills Lab.
👉🏻 How to create impactful and accessible workshops for clients.
👉🏻 The importance of framing the workshop around the participants and their needs.
👉🏻 Pedram presented its incredible programme: The Workshop Mastery Programm

**CONTACT - LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

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**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

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**LINK- Pedram Parasmand**

**Linkedin profile:**[https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedramparasmand/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedramparasmand/)

**Webside:** [https://www.theskillslab.com/](https://www.theskillslab.com/)

🎉🎁 **GIFT** - **15% Discount** on **The Workshop Mastery Program**

**The Workshop Mastery Programm:**

[https://www.theskillslab.com/workshop-design-mastery-programme](https://www.theskillslab.com/workshop-design-mastery-programme)

Pedram offers a 15% discount on the programme for the podcast listeners who book a consultation call and go on to sign up for the programme

To let him know you’re one of the podcast listeners you just need to type 'There's a Workshop for That' in the 'How did you hear about us?' question on the consultation call survey.

**DOWNLOAD his free facilitation guide here:**

[https://theskillslab.com/sppark-facilitation-guide](https://theskillslab.com/sppark-facilitation-guide)

**WRAP-UP**

In this episode I welcome Mariusz Posadowski from Poland, a product designer, workshop designer and facilitator and the owner of the Instagram account uxwork.space with 35,000 followers.
He leads a team of nearly 30 designers and has changed the work culture in his company by implementing facilitation and workshops to improve collaborative work performance.

We talk about it:

👉🏻 When he started on instagram, what is the purpose of the uxwork.space account and how he has grown this amazing community

👉🏻 How he discovered facilitation

👉🏻 How he integrated his facilitation skills into his work at his company

👉🏻 How facilitation enables teams to work better together

👉🏻 He gives us an overview of the online course he created

And finally, Mariusz 🎅🏻reveals his Christmas present 🎄 🎁for the podcast audience.
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> We can have our own and you could also be the next podcast guest if you wish to :)
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**LINK**

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

**Mariusz Posadowski**

Linkedin profile: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusz-posadowski-a9705112/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusz-posadowski-a9705112/)

Webside:

[https://www.wavesmelons.com](https://www.wavesmelons.com/)

🎉🎁 GIFT🎅🏻🎄 - 10% Discount for Mariusz Course :

👋🏻 Use the Coupon CODE to get this discount : **PODCAST10** on the webside

Reference

Book : Sprint from Jake Knapp

[https://www.thesprintbook.com](https://www.thesprintbook.com/)

The Workshopper Master Programm from AJ&Smart:

[https://www.workshopper.com/courses/workshopper-master](https://www.workshopper.com/courses/workshopper-master)

**WRAP-UP**

In this episode, Karla Ramos, founder of Tribe of Agile, is my guest.
She is an experienced agile coach and trainer who has been partnering with companies to help them reach a higher level of performance for over a decade.

As she explained during our interview, beyond her expertise in agile methods, she wanted to deepen her knowledge and skills in facilitation. That's how we met at a facilitation retreat last summer.

We talk today about

👉🏻 Her incredible career path

👉🏻 The skills she learned in her first job as a student that will help her throughout her career

👉🏻 The reason she left her comfort zone at the top of her career to find what she really wanted to do.

👉🏻 How she discovered her passion for agile methodology.

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**LINK**

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

**Karla Ramos**

Linkedin profile: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-judith-ramos/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-judith-ramos/)

**Karla’s Linkedin:**

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-judith-ramos/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-judith-ramos/)

**Tribe of Agile Linkedin**

[https://www.linkedin.com/company/tribe-of-agile/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tribe-of-agile/)

**Tribe of Agile Website:**

[https://tribeofagile.com/](https://tribeofagile.com/)

Reference

Book : Sprint from Jake Knapp

[https://www.thesprintbook.com](https://www.thesprintbook.com/)

In this new episode, I talk to Michael Lewrick. He is the author of four international bestsellers, in which he describes the mindful transformation of people, teams, ecosystems and organizations

In this new episode, we talk about

👉🏻 What is Design Thinking? What does this word combination mean?

👉🏻 Where Design Thinking comes from and what was his own Starting point on this topic?

👉🏻 What are the challenges of companies in maintaining a customer-centric ability?

👉🏻 How to overcome these challenges with projects based learning

👉🏻  How 50 skilled facilitators failed the egg challenge

👉🏻  His books and the templates he create for facilitate Design thinking Workshops

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**LINK**

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Email: [podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com](mailto:podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com)

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)Coming soon : [www.laworkshoppeuse.com](http://www.laworkshoppeuse.com/)

**Michael Lewrick**

Linkedin profile: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lewrick/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lewrick/)

There are many basic books about design thinking in the market, but for all those who want to apply desing thinking at level 4, the new book "Design Thinking for Business Growth" by Michael Lewrick is the perfect guide to the future!

Link: [https://en.business-ecosystem-design.com/](https://en.business-ecosystem-design.com/)

Design Thinking Retreat in Bali (Indonesia)

Link: [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-lewrick_design-thinking-retreat-activity-6995704608077574144-fudG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-lewrick_design-thinking-retreat-activity-6995704608077574144-fudG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)

In this new episode, I talk to the lovely Rebecca Courtney.

She is a facilitation coach at AJ&Smart, whose CEO is no other than her brother Jonathan.

She is currently working on a new facilitation course which will be launched in December and has an interesting background, having started her career in education as a teacher.

I first met Rebecca online, as she facilitates the bi-weekly Master Workshopper programme community calls, and I also had the chance to meet her personally in Italy at the exclusive event organized by AJ&smart in Italy.

In this episode, we talk about the following.

👉🏻 Her background as a teacher and how she stepped out of her comfort zone to take on a new challenge as a facilitation coach.

👉🏻 Her role as a facilitator for Workshopper Master community calls.

👉🏻 How she suddenly started to love the research work (which she didn't like that much in the past) for the preparation of the new facilitation course, which AJ&Smart will launch by the end of the year.

👉🏻 And how her first workshop went in front of 50 highly skilled facilitators and her learnings from that experience.

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**LINK**

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse
Email: [podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com](mailto:podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com)

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

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**Rebecca Courtney** - Facilitation Coach

Linkedin profile:[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-courtney-928347241/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-courtney-928347241/)

**AJ&Smart**:

[https://www.linkedin.com/company/aj&smart/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aj&smart/)

[https://www.instagram.com/ajsmartdesign/](https://www.instagram.com/ajsmartdesign/)

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**LINK**

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse
Email: [podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com](mailto:podcast@laworkshoppeuse.com)

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

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Rebecca Courtney - Facilitation Coach

Linkedin profile:[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-courtney-928347241/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-courtney-928347241/)

AJ&Smart:

[https://www.linkedin.com/company/aj&smart/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aj&smart/)

[https://www.instagram.com/ajsmartdesign/](https://www.instagram.com/ajsmartdesign/)