Ian Gibbs

Background & Experience

If you are disillusioned by traditional pre-designed courses or off-the-shelf training programs that don’t perfectly meet your needs, you need to talk to Ian Gibbs. Also known as The LEARNABILITY Man), Ian is a leading expert in Self Directed Learning and runs personal development accelerators (called Learning Clubs) that help participants create their own methodology for strengthening their skill set and getting up their career ladder at the ideal speed.
Based in Barcelona, Spain, Ian has 35+ years’ experience in the field of personal development.
As well as running personal development accelerators, lan is a TEDx speaker, a certified facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and a communications trainer at the prestigious IESE Business School. He is also the CEO of his own educational theatre company IPA Productions, one of the leading TIE companies in Europe.
He has written 7 books (including 3 short stories) and frequently blogs on all aspects of LEARNABILITY on his website www.iangibbs.me. Listen to his monthly podcast ‘The LEARNABILITY Show’ here. He is an executive contributor to Brainz Magazine He works in both Spanish and English and is a past President of Professional Speakers Association Spain.

watch Ian’s showreel here and find out more
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watch his TEDX presentation from 2022
Read Ian’s article in Barcelona Metropolitan about LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
He is a mentor for GLEAC and you can watch his recent interview by them here

Ian studied Astrophysics at St. Andrews, Post-graduate in Education at Cambridge and an MBA with the Open University, UK.

Approach & Benefits

Ian is often described as having an avuncular relationship with his audiences – genuinely friendly and caring but also playful and provocative. Ian sees himself as a catalyst, creating opportunities for audiences to experience their own challenges, make their own discoveries and formulate their own personal strategies to move forward with their takeaways from each session. Ian turns his introvert style into a strength as his listening skills help establish clear understanding about the client’s needs. In fact, Power Listening is one of his specialities. He also has a strong dislike of jargon and techno-speak.

The benefits of Ian’s approach include:

Establishing immediate trust and rapport
Powerful listening skills to fully connect with the client
Down to earth, no nonsense approach
Highly interactive style
Puts the spotlight on attendees rather than himself
Practical, user-friendly techniques
Flexible approach to meet expected and unexpected requirements
Makes sure sessions are fun and enjoyable as well as productive

Selected Testimonials

“It was such a pleasure having Ian speak at Bloom! He was incredibly collaborative and tailored his signature lessons for our platform. Not only was he engaging and delivered a fantastic lesson that our members thoroughly enjoyed, the feedback from attendees was, “please bring Ian back!” Ian is generous and wonderful to work with, and I can’t wait to have him back again.” Marketa Krivy – Bloom (Toronto)

“Ian is a person with a natural talent, able to make you feel comfortable, stimulating the environment, something demonstrated in the sessions I had the pleasure to organise and attend with him. Indeed a person worth sharing your time with. It’s always a win-win.” Alex Krøger – HP (Sant Cugat)

“Working with Ian was a very pleasant experience. His calmness and confidence created an environment where learning and growing was pure pleasure. He’s one of the best mentors I had. His insights and support contributed greatly to the success of the BCN PM camps.” Klaus Hofeditz – Deutsche Bank (Barcelona)

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