In every team, things sometimes rub.
Sometimes they strain.
Sometimes they even get stuck.
You try all kinds of things.
Yet little really changes.
Not because people don’t care.
Not because it’s simple.
These are situations
you don’t have to face alone.
We work with international teams primarily online, and when helpful in blended or on-site ways of working — depending on what the situation asks, around:
Four situations
we encounter time and again:
1. A solution that misses the problem
Something has already been decided.
A solution people worked hard on. One there is support for.
Yet it turns out not to touch what is really going on.
Adjustments are made.
Another attempt follows.
And still, the same problem keeps coming back.
2. Learned a lot, hard to apply
A lot has been invested in development.
Trainings completed. Experience built up. Years of work.
Yet in challenging situations,
it can be hard to draw on all of that right away.
As if learning and day-to-day work sometimes run alongside each other rather than coming together.
3. Cultural friction causing tension
Meeting follows meeting.
Agreements are refined.
More and more alignment is sought.
And yet, the friction remains.
Differences in expectations,
pace, and what feels logical.
It gets a name: culture, background, that’s how they do things.
But that doesn’t really help.
4. Collaboration takes more energy
Working together takes more and more.
There is talk. Alignment. Evaluation.
With the best intentions.
Yet it no longer helps.
It starts to feel as if everything is getting heavier,
while working together
should actually help
to get the work done.
Serious Gaming
When talking alone is not enough
Meetings keep piling up.
Agreements are understood differently.
And everyone keeps doing what feels logical to them.
By playing, that becomes visible.
People get absorbed in a game. Because it gives energy. Because they play together. And because they want to win.
As a result, people show their usual patterns and tendencies more quickly, often without being aware of it.
Differences, assumptions and patterns become recognisable, without anyone having to feel singled out.
We use Serious Gaming to experience together what is happening,
and from there
work with what gets in the way.
Generative AI
When thinking gets stuck in familiar patterns
Not because people don’t want to.
But because, in a given situation, you tend to fall back on what you know.
What follows are variations on the familiar, safe, logical, recognisable, even when those no longer work.
At the same time, some ideas are never even explored.
Because they feel too vague. Too far-fetched. Or because no one wants to be the first to say them out loud.
We use Generative AI to create space.
AI can offer suggestions endlessly, even in response to vague or abstract prompts, without judgement and without anyone taking personal risk.
Not because AI has the answer,
but because it creates room to think and design differently.
Not every situation calls for the same approach.
Sometimes it’s enough to see more clearly what is actually happening.
Sometimes it calls for exploring together, trying things out and adjusting along the way.
We start from the situation you are in.
Not with a fixed programme, but with attention, experience and time where that is needed.
No obligation, just a chance to talk.
Alexander de Haan
PhD, MSc, MA
Analist, teacher and coach.
Founder and Partner Living Motion.
Suzan Valstar
MA
Trainer and program developer.
Partner Living Motion.
Arne Bezuijen
MSc
Serious Game developer.
The Barn.
Linda van Veen
MSc
Serious Game developer.
The Barn.
Linda Mebus
MA
Trainer and program developer.
EduLin.
Bas van Nuland
MSc
Serious Game developer.
The Barn.
Korinna van Balkom
BSc
Designer and Illustrator.
Korinna van Balkom Design.
Pieter ter Doest
MSc
AI application developer.
Freelancer.
Liesbeth van Alphen
MSc
Trainer, consultant and coach.
FlyingZebra.
Renée Tentori
MA
Teacher and program developer.
Freelancer.
Julia Sira
BSc
Serious Gaming session developer.
Freelancer.
Fernanda Diniz Brandão
MA
Program developer.
Feelancer.
A network of professionals. A place where ideas land.
We work with a close group of professionals, trainers, educators, game designers, illustrators, analysts, and others. Not a loose network, but a collaboration that has grown over time. It’s shaped by shared values, creative chemistry, and the experience of working together on things that matter.
These connections don’t happen overnight. We meet through the work, get to know each other, and gradually build trust. Sometimes we move on. What remains is a group of people who challenge each other, support each other, and enjoy working together.
And you’ll notice that as a client. It shows in how sessions run, in the clarity of the insights, and in the way everything fits together. For each project, we bring together the people who match, practical, engaged, and tuned in to what’s really going on.
Behind all this is a small, dedicated company, started by one, now carried by two partners, who believe in collaboration, simplicity, and a fresh perspective.
No big claims. Just rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. With pleasure.
No obligation, just a chance to talk.
Find out what we offer and what might fit your context.
Visit us
Berkebroeklaan 90
2498 AH Den Haag
The Netherlands
Hours
We’re available Monday to Thursday — by appointment. That way, you get our full attention (and a fresh coffee).
Want to set something up?
info@livingmotion.nl