PER KRISTIANSEN

Per joined Trivium in September 2006 and is a co-founder the Association of Master Trainers in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY ® method.  Prior to this he was part of the leadership team at DanfossUniverse, the unique science park which also offers innovation processes to organisations. Per took part in the parks first year and was thus part in establishing this organisation. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® was part of the parks proposition to its corporate clients.

Before that Per spent a number of years working in the LEGO Group. First, a period as change agent in the Pre-School area, where he was the right hand of the Global Brand Director. After this experience he held a position as director in the LEGO controlled start up company (Executive Discovery) that developed and managed the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology. In this position Per was P&L responsible for – and developed the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY partner network in - Europe, South Africa and the Middle-East, as well as one of two global master trainers.

At the time when Executive Discovery was integrated into LEGO Company Per became Head of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, assuming the overall global responsibility. He is consequently one of the most experienced LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitators globally. Per is also a certified trainer of facilitators in the methodology and has trained a major part of all LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitators globally. He has run LEGO SERIUOS PLAY workshops across various cultures and industries focusing predominantly on strategy, innovation and change issues. 

Per has a master in international business (intercultural management) from Copenhagen Business School (including exams from Universita Bocconi in Milano, Italy), and has recently followed Leading Change and Organizational Renewal at Harvard Business School, Leadership Foundations with Peter Senge (MIT), and “Presencing: Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change” with Otto Scharmer (MIT). Finally, Per is an accredited Cognitive Edge facilitator, has been trained in scenario development and “Transformative Scenario Planning” by Adam Kahane and ReosPartners, and is a member of the NeuroLeadership Institute. He has completed an advanced coaching program with Results Coaching Systems and holds a Certificate in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership

He is the author of “Building a Better Business with the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®  method” (Wiley, 2014)

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