Balanced Academy

Experience Design

From meetings to classes to dinner parties, you will walk away with all the tools needed to create memorable and effective experiences for others.

In the last century, we have learned so much about the human brain and how we think and interact with others. Yet the standard learning environment has stayed the same - lectures and speeches, boring meetings, and classes. At Balanced Agility, we are passionate about making experiences and learning fun and sticky so we set out to find a different way. 


We studied the brain science of learning and listened to other experts in the field. We not only found how to make learning fun and effective but we also realized that these methods don’t just apply to training, they can apply to any experience we create for others. We want to help you shake things up and approach your business, your meetings, your trainings, and your life, in a whole new way. 


What you will learn

Together we will explore topics such as how to co-create and hold space for work and learning to happen more effectively.  We will cover how to command the room, how virtual learning happens and why social interaction is key to learning and connecting, advanced story-telling, instructional design with 4C maps, reading the room, the 6 Trumps, understanding signals, and so much more.

Who This Course is For

This course is for anyone that wants to be more effective in life and at work.  We have helped business leaders, executives, project and program managers and team members, agile practitioners, trainers, facilitators and countless other professionals improve their effectiveness through these methods and approaches.  
After out time together, you will be able to:
  • Create interesting and memorable experiences that make people come back wanting more connection, learning and co-creation
  • Apply the brain science of human connection and learning to get the most out of your event
  • Establish spaces that others can co-create and innovate in
  • Design intentional meetings that facilitate people doing their best work
  • Use the 4Cs map and many other tools for success in virtual or in-person experiences
  • Help others learn without knowing they are learning
  • Make your experiences fun, engaging and sticky
Meet the Instructors

I am Jolene Jangles. I strongly believe in people’s greatness and I have spent the past 20 years focused on helping others achieve more while delivering great products.

As a lean/agile practitioner and Co-Active coach I work with individuals, teams and organizations to reach higher levels. Using the right balance of teaching, mentoring and coaching I share my passion hoping to ignite the greatness I see in others.

I believe leaders, at all levels of the organization, are the true drivers of transformation. I hope to ignite the spark in everyone so they create the world they strive for.

Jolene Jangles CEO and Transformation Coach

I am Joe Ziadeh. I am passionate about brains (but I am not a zombie). I specialize in the science behind how our brains react to learning and change.

I've been working in Agile and IT for 20 years, in a variety of fun and interesting roles.

Currently I am the Chief Story Teller and Innovation Artist for Balanced Agility and a speaker at a number of Agile conferences.

Joe Ziadeh Chief Story Teller and Innovation Artist