John Brooker ~ Lead Facilitator

John served eleven years in the Royal Air Force in his early career where he gained junior management experience and an ability to pump aircraft fuel, kick tyres and sweep hanger floors in formation!
On leaving the RAF he worked with Nixdorf Computers as a computer technician and ATM installation supervisor before joining Visa International. He became a Senior Vice President of Visa International and has many years of line management experience, innovating new services such as the International Cash Dispenser Network and Visa’s education business in Europe.

He is a first class facilitator and trainer using principles learned from “speed learning” and “brain friendly learning”  to provide enjoyable, participative and productive events that help people deliver better outcomes and learn more effectively.

John works internationally frequently, having many years experience of working with groups of different nationalities. He is trained and experienced in a variety of creative and communication methods and techniques including Creative Solution Finding, Solutions Focus, NLP and Group Mastery. John blends the techniques as required. This enables him to take a fresh approach to your challenge.

John gained an MBA from the Open University in the 90’s and now tutors at residential schools for the OU’s Creativity and Innovation course, being noted for his enthusiasm on the topic. His experience, his love of facilitation and innovation and his fascination with methods and techniques to stimulate creativity led him, with Kate, to establish Yes! And… in April 2001. For the Open University, John has run over 25 residential courses on the B822 Creativity, Innovation and Change MBA Programme.

In his spare time, John is an avid reader, a cyclist and an improviser.

“Superb, popular tutor” ~ Course Leader

“Fantastic tutor, really inspirational” ~ Student

Kate Brooker

Kate is a linguist who taught English abroad before working for Visa in Fraud Prevention and Operating Regulations.

She provides vital editing expertise for our published work and our client materials as well as being an able administrator. She has a passion for cats and alpacas, in fact all kinds of animals.

Our Associates:

Dave Bourn

Dave’s experience in the impro field stretches back to the early 1990’s when he started improvising as a cure for anxiety. He performed with London TheatreSports and Scared Scriptless.

Since then he has also directed many sell-out Edinburgh shows, for acts including: Felix Dexter, Carey Marx, Stephen K Amos and Phil Nichol (which won Nichol a Perrier nomination in 2002).

He has run improvisation workshops for many organisations, including Tesco and Guys Hospital to help people think more flexibly, communicate more powerfully and act with agility.

Caroline Harvey

Caroline is a trainer and facilitator with an awesome track record for helping clients create magic, sparkle and great outcomes for themselves, their teams and their organisations.

She has experience across public and private sector environments particularly in culture change initiatives, organisational development, team dynamics’ expertise and cultivating leaders.

During the last few years Caroline has worked with a variety of companies including Dell, Shell, BT, EDF Energy, Somerfield, Motorola, Norwich Union, Tendring Social Services, Colchester Institute and Spicer Haart – Financial Services Division.

She is a Solution Focus Professional, a Trainer in NLP and is Group Mastery qualified.

Sue Likorish

Sue  has many years of experience as a trainer and facilitator.

Her professional background includes nine years in human resources and training in Deloitte & Touche and Mercedes-Benz (UK) Ltd, followed by six years as an independent consultant, facilitator and coach.

She works with  corporate clients, including Royal Mail, T-Mobile, Orange, Motorola, The Open University, Anglo Irish Bank, The RAF and the NHS.

Sue is a Solutions Focus Professional, a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and is CIPD qualified. She sits on the management board of a locally-based charity. And she is learning to belly dance…

And more…

We also have a pool of other associates we know and respect and can call on for larger scale projects

For further information contact John or Kate Brooker.