About BrickTalk
BrickTalk helps groups think clearly together about what matters — and leave with something usable.
We work with business chambers, councils, community organisations, schools, and retirement-village communities that need clarity, alignment, and momentum — not more talk, slides, or surface-level consultation.
BrickTalk is led by Wayne Chalmers and Dr Chris Chalmers, combining deep facilitation practice with internationally recognised research into how groups think, learn, and make decisions together.
Our work is grounded in decades of real-world experience and delivered through LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® — not as a gimmick, but as a rigorous thinking and sense-making method.
What We Do — and Why It Works
Most groups don’t struggle because they lack ideas.
They struggle because they don’t see the same picture at the same time.
BrickTalk sessions are designed to surface what people actually think, build shared understanding, and turn complexity into clear, collective direction. The outcome isn’t inspiration — it’s alignment, confidence, and decisions people can stand behind.
This is strategic work, held in a human way.
Wayne Chalmers
Facilitation, Strategy, and Real-World Clarity
Wayne brings more than two decades of experience as a facilitator, marketing academic, and community practitioner. His strength lies in translating complexity into simple, usable insight — particularly in environments shaped by limited time, competing priorities, and diverse voices.
Alongside a long career teaching marketing at QUT, Wayne has designed and led programs that connect education, industry, and community. These include large-scale university–school partnerships, regional education precincts, and hands-on learning initiatives that replaced theory with real clients, real decisions, and real outcomes.
Dr Chris Chalmers
Research Leadership, Group Metacognition, and Method Integrity
Chris brings the research depth and design rigour that underpins BrickTalk’s work.
A recently retired Associate Professor at QUT, Chris is an internationally recognised leader in robotics, STEM and technology education, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, teacher capacity-building, and group metacognition. Her work spans research, large-scale program delivery, and system-level innovation.
Across her career, Chris has:
- Led nationally and internationally recognised programs such as Robotics@QUT, reaching 600+ teachers and nearly 10,000 students
- Received major awards including the QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Award, ACS Digital Disruptors Award, and Queensland Peter Doherty STEM Engagement Award
- Published and cited author with multiple high-impact journal and book chapters (including AI in early education, 2026)
Critically for BrickTalk, Chris pioneered and advanced group-metacognition, now incorporated within BrickTalk’s LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® sessions. Her work focuses on how groups develop shared understanding, surface assumptions, and think more effectively together — the core cognitive challenge BrickTalk is designed to address.
Who BrickTalk Is For
BrickTalk works best with groups that:
- need to align around complex or ambiguous challenges,
- value thoughtful process over quick fixes,
- and want decisions that are owned, not imposed.