Meet Your Dragons!

Meet Your Dragons! Identify and Understand Your Barriers to Success.

When was the last time you encountered a dragon on your business or professional journey? Did it block your path or breathe fire onto your motivations? Treading the entrepreneurial and career paths is often like being the protagonist of your own adventure story. We want to reach the treasure, but the journey is beset with dragons - barriers to success. We find these barriers in the world outside and in the form of doubts and fears that live deep inside us.

Are you ready to confront the dragons that stand between you and your success? Whether it's fear of failure, uncertainty in decision-making, or simply the unknown, everyone faces challenges that can feel as daunting as a dragon. But what if you could meet these dragons head-on, understand them, and turn them into your allies?

Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop using the LEGO® Serious Play® method, where you'll have the chance to bring your inner dragons to life—literally! In this dynamic and interactive session, you'll build, explore, and transform your challenges into powerful tools for growth.

In this workshop, we will use visual storytelling through art and LEGO® Serious Play® technique to explore our barriers to success as freelancers and entrepreneurs. As Participants you will:

1) explore your unique career / business journey,

2) come face-to-face with your significant and persistent challenges (aka dragons) & get a deeper understanding of these barriers,

3) gain fresh insights, share and learn from others.

Through the use of metaphor, art and LEGO® bricks, we will create a playful and empathetic space for participants to explore, build, reflect, and share your experiences and insights. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the blocks that are keeping you from reaching your business goals, fresh insights and intentions for the future.

What you'll Experience:

• Creative problem-solving: Through the structured process, you’ll gain new insights into your challenges and discover innovative solutions.
• Deep reflection: The workshop encourages deep reflection, helping you to understand the root of your fears and how they impact your business decisions.
• Embodied metaphor: Creating a metaphor that you can draw, build, and touch, allows you to explore feelings and insights, beyond logical and linear thinking.
• Collaborative learning: Engage with others in a supportive environment, sharing experiences and learning from each other’s dragons.
• Actionable insights: Walk away with a clear understanding of your next steps, armed with the confidence to tackle whatever comes your way.

This isn't just another workshop—it's a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. If you're ready to confront your dragons and unlock your full potential as an entrepreneur, this is the place to start. Don't just face your challenges—transform them into the fuel that propels you forward.

About your facilitators:

Julia Jelinska is a curiosity partner: from finding creative solutions, empowering effective - and efficient - decision-making to running strategic, innovation or problem-solving sessions – with groups, leadership teams and / or individuals. With over 15 years of experience in auditing and risk management in international corporations, she has been navigating complex landscapes and has helped others unleash their potential to take action. Julia is all about connections – be it people, ideas, or needs. This extensive knowledge base of how a good idea is built into actual practice, she now applies to her core passion: facilitating creation within teams and for individuals, helping design value-driven and solution-oriented co-creation, as well as supporting others on their transformational journeys.

Supriya Rakesh is a facilitator and educator with a PhD in Organizational Behavior, and 15 years of experience across corporate, consulting, academic and creative roles. She draws upon her multi-disciplinary background in organizational research and human resources, fiction-writing and storytelling, improvised theater and psychodrama, to design and facilitate learning interventions. Through her approach rooted in positive psychology and applied arts, she creates playful, safe and nourishing spaces for reflection, exploration, dialogue and transformation. Discover her writing and research, courses and workshops at https://www.supriyarakesh.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Equals Clubhouse, Raamgracht 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands