Trialogue

In 1998, a nonconformist psychologist, Bjørn Z. Ekelund, in a small consulting company in Oslo, Norway, developed an alternative HR tool that combined a short questionnaire mapping preferences for communication and interaction, with a dynamic group workshop.
 

The tool was easy to use, tapped into many scientific paradigms at once (not only psychology) and it was available at reasonable rates. It thus challenged other, established tools and the psychometrical tradition as such. Furthermore, the tool proved itself to be very flexible and applicable in various areas of HR management.
 

Soon, the company experienced that the new tool evoked so much energy and enthusiasm among the clients that it practically sold itself, and none marketing efforts were required to disseminate it

In 2013, a world’s leading certification body, DNV GL, set out to investigate whether the seemingly simple questionnaire had a sound scientific grounding and was fit to meet the European standards for tests use. The tool has met the requirements and is now certified as a development tool used in workshops.
 

Today, the tool is available in 19 languages and more than 200 000 individuals have experienced theTrialogue/Diversity Icebreaker, in more than 70 countries around the world. The whole operation is masterminded from the offices in Oslo, comprised of four, dedicated individuals.
 

The Trialogue/Diversity Icebreaker, created by Bjørn Z. Ekelund and distributed by Human Factors AS, is the first internationally used HR tool that has been created in Norway. Trialogue/Diversity Icebreaker is also the first Norwegian-made team test that received the DNV GL accreditation for psychological tests used in the work-related contexts.