About us

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Welcome!
About us

Abl Bla Lab offers team buildings and community building.

Whether it's a treasure hunt to learn about the history of a neighborhood or thoughtful strategic planning with all the members of your teams or even a networking game to amplify the bond between colleagues, Abl Bla Lab co-designs with you to that your activities are engaging, stimulate curiosity and the pleasure of learning, both about each other and about the subjects you want to put forward.

Our mission is to connect humans to amplify beneficial social connections through games.

At the intersection of events, game design and social innovation, we use gamification to strengthen our ability to collaborate, while having fun and developing natural collective and creative intelligence.

Alexia is a passionate, responsive listener who knew how to steer us in the right direction to meet our objectives. The result? A stronger sense of belonging, motivation at its peak and all the keys in hand to start this new year. We recommend Alexia as much for her good humor as for her professionalism!

Cliente du service de Design collaboratif et animation d'atelier

The entertainment was excellent. The newspaper and the map were really well thought out, as was the script, which was very, very good! Finally, the atmosphere was great, we would have believed once in the street. Special mention to the trapper who was totally in his role!

- participant à la chasse au trésor Viridis - Quartier Latin.

This game is amazing! It should be played in all Schools !

Joueur du jeu de conversation Histoires au menu

I was able to meet people that I did not know at all and with whom I would not have approached naturally!

- participante au jeu BaPuPa - BAnc PUblic PArlant.

Alexia is attentive, creative and open to suggestions which makes working with her very easy and pleasant. Her exploratory approach based on numerous experiments directly in the system and mobilizing different types of users allowed him to refine his proposal over time to offer an intuitive and effective final version. PIPOES was a great success! A very nice experience to repeat.”

- Cliente, directrice du projet à la S.A.T.

Her keen listening skills, understanding of relational issues (scientifically proven!) make her a collaborative experience designer who strengthens not only the team, but also each team member.

We were able to be nourished, gain clarity and consolidate our strengths, while moving forward in our common inclusive goal.

If you like to integrate fun, team cohesion aligned towards a targeted impact on your objectives, do business with Alexia, I highly recommend her!

- Cliente, directrice générale de Millénium Québécor

Alexia is an outstanding game master!

-Une participante en TeamBuilding avec 40 collègues

I loved my Francoville day! It's an exceptional opportunity to explore French culture and language in an immersive way!

Participante a Francoville-parcours urbain ludique

Values

The backbone of all Abl Bla Lab experiences is full body integration in action symbolized by the company name:

Abl(e) = Capacity to
Bla = move a message
Lab = by playing it

Collaborative design is rooted in relational friendliness, in sustainable and responsible development, both social and environmental. We use research-proven methods that include living lab, collective intelligence and human-centered emotional intelligence.

Credit: Photo Yasuko Tadokoro

Biography of the founder

In more than 25 years of experience, Alexia Bhéreur-Lagounaris (ABL) has carried out mandates for collaborative process design, creative direction, event creation, scientific programming, large-scale partnership coordination, talent scouting and scriptwriting for Cirque du Soleil, Société Radio-Canada, Wasabi Event Marketing, Lalala Human Steps, Québec Cinéma, the McConnell Foundation, Communagir and the National Institute for Scientific Research. First trained in dance and theater, she has a BAC in interactive multimedia and a master's degree in M.Sc. Planning, Design and Complexity option at UdeM. In 2016, she started Abl Bla Lab which stems from her research exposed in her master's degree on social impact games and is a frequent guest speaker on the importance of human-centered design in the context of socio-ecological transition.

Some clients and allied partners: L'Université de Montréal, Quartier des spectacles; Maison de l’innovation sociale; Quartier de l’innovation; Société des Arts Technologiques; Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec; La société commerciale du Quartier Latin; La grande bibliothèque de BAnQ; Montréal Joue; Mémoire du Mile End; Vibrant Marketing; Rialto; Atypics; Millénium Québecor; Fougarou; Future and Reality of Gaming; Centre de recherche en santé publique; Tryspaces; Innoweave; Rue Publique; La Société des Demains.

The board of directors and the creative committee are made up of allies who join the team as advisor, partner, collaborator, sometimes co-designer or game designer, depending on the events, projects and Games.

Board of directors

Julie Beauséjour

Alexia Bhéreur-Lagounaris

Evelyne Charuest

Odile McDonald

Creative Board

Guylène Lefort

Jean-Francois Malouin

Elaine Gusella

Andréanne Geoffroy