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Getting to know Adam Lawrence

What do you do? I help people, usually in large organisations, create value by learning how to deliver better stuff in better ways.

What do you do?

I help people, usually in large organisations, create value by learning how to deliver better stuff in better ways.

Where are you based?

Germany

What does a typical working day look like for you?

There is not typical day. Ideally, I'm in a room full of smart people making stuff. In the evening, I might be on stage.

What was your first job?

Working on a pig farm. I've also sold carpets, designed motorcycles and been a bouncer in a Hells Angels pub.

What does your work set up look like?

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Other than a computer and an internet connection, what are the three things that you need to work? *

My body, room to move, and music.

What will the first thing that you will do after the pandemic is over?

Go medieval camping with friends.

Favourite place on earth?

Up in the lighting rig and scenery lifts of a theater.

What is your proudest achievement to date?

Probably the Global Service Jam.

Name your favourite food and drink

Fish and chips and a good beer. Not all beers are good beer.

Adam Lawrence
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Adam Lawrence

Adam is the Co-Founder of WorkPlayExperience, a company which helps organizations worldwide change how their employees, partners, and customers work together to discover and create value. His background ranges from psychology, marketing, and product innovation to professional theater and stand-up comedy. Adam is fascinated by human interaction, so at WPX he focuses on the “front stage” of services and how groups of people from diferent backgrounds can work together efectively while having a great time. He has developed and adapted several theatrical tools and lenses and introduced them to the worlds of service design and facilitation.

In 2010, Adam co-initiated the award-winning Global Service Jam – which was soon followed by the Global Sustainability Jam and the Global GovJam – and he has been a leading figure in establishing the global community of practice and sharing around the Jams. He also teaches and gives keynotes on service design and human-centered innovation all over the world, and is adjunct professor of Service Design Thinking at the IE Business School in Madrid. Adam lives in Southern Germany, enjoys nature and medieval re-creation, and rides a classic Japanese motorcycle.