Tomek Tryczyński, Sales Team Leader and Sales Competency Trainer, talks with Błażej Płaczynta-Brudnik — an experienced trainer and MindLab board member — about training role-plays. Together, they explore whether participants truly dislike them, how to make role-plays authentic and relevant to real challenges, and what the design process should look like. Enjoy the conversation!

❓ In this episode:

◾ Do training participants really dislike role-plays?
◾ The authenticity of role-plays
◾ How to make it easier for participants to engage in role-plays
◾ Role-plays and communication skills
◾ Role-plays vs. anti-role-plays
◾ Role-play structures
◾ How are role-plays designed?
◾ The “safety” of role-plays

📚 Recommended reading:

Podręcznik trenera. Praktyka prowadzenia szkoleń – Tomasz Witkowski, Sławomir Jarmuż

Metody prowadzenia szkoleń – Agnieszka Kozak, Mariola Łaguna

Speakers:

👨‍💻 Tomek Tryczyński:
Sales Team Leader at MindLab and B2B sales consultant. Tomek works daily with MindLab’s key clients, helping to design tailored solutions and training projects. He has been active in the training industry for 10 years and in sales for 8 years.

👨‍💻 Błażej Płaczynta-Brudnik:
Board member at MindLab and trainer. He specializes in training and onboarding employees in industrial companies, designing and implementing programs to develop managerial and communication skills. He holds degrees in Psychology from Jagiellonian University and Environmental Geophysics from AGH University of Science and Technology. He completed the BAZA trainer course under PTP supervision and is a certified Change Management Practitioner by APMG International.