Jigsaw Discovery Tool | Ignite Training

Behavioural Profiling for
High-Performing Teams

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A hands‑on behavioural profiling tool using physical jigsaw‑shaped pieces to represent individual working preferences. Teams explore these together to build a shared behavioural language and improve communication and performance.

When teams misunderstand working styles, performance suffers

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Most team friction is not caused by a lack of capability. It comes from different communication styles, behavioural preferences, and assumptions about how others work best. Without a shared language, collaboration slows down, misunderstandings increase, and everyday challenges become harder than they need to be.

  • 01Miscommunication across different working styles
  • 02Frustration, tension, and avoidable conflict
  • 03Slower decisions and weaker team alignment
  • 04Reduced collaboration under pressure

How the Jigsaw Discovery Tool helps teams work better together

The Jigsaw Discovery Tool is a behavioural profiling tool for teams that shows how people prefer to think, communicate, and work. It presents four behavioural preferences visually, making differences easy to see and talk about.

Everyone uses all four preferences. The tool highlights which styles feel most natural, helping teams build a shared behavioural language and improve communication and collaboration.

Leads Boldly

Leads
Boldly

Brings direction and
momentum to teams

Engages Enthusiastically

Engages
Enthusiastically

Energises interactions
and builds rapport

Supports Collaboratively

Supports
Collaboratively

Strengthens harmony
and team dynamics

Thinks Strategically

Thinks
Strategically

Explores ideas and
anticipates challenges

How it Works

1

Understand

Discover individual behavioural preferences and gain clearer insight into how people think, work, and communicate across the team.

2

Unlock

Explore the behavioural framework together and uncover practical insights that improve communication and collaboration.

3

Apply

Apply shared behavioural insight to real workplace situations to strengthen everyday interactions and decisions.

What Teams Gain with Jigsaw

With the Jigsaw Discovery Tool, teams build self-awareness, improve collaboration, and turn behavioural insight into practical action. It creates a shared language that makes communication more effective and teamwork easier to navigate.

Memorable

Memorable

Insight is experienced, not just explained

Immediate

Immediate

Teams can apply the framework in real time

Practical

Practical

The learning connects directly to day-to-day work

Actionable

Actionable

Participants leave with strategies they can use straight away

The learning sticks because participants experience it.

The team behind the experience

Ignite Training delivers the Jigsaw Discovery Tool as a professionally facilitated behavioural profiling experience for teams across Australia. Our facilitators work with leaders and teams to improve communication, collaboration, and performance in real workplace settings.

Every session is designed to move beyond awareness, helping teams apply behavioural insight in practical, day-to-day work.

Ignite Training facilitation team

Built for impact, backed by science. With over a century of psychological and neuroscience research behind it, the Jigsaw Discovery Tool is designed to be memorable, interactive, and directly applicable to today's workplace challenges.

Treat people how THEY want to be treated.

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Client Impact & Testimonials

The Jigsaw Discovery Tool helps teams build shared understanding, improve communication, and apply insight in a practical way.

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I've been a fan of the Jigsaw Discovery Tool since I was first introduced to it over 10 years ago, and I've brought it into several organisations across the region since then. Every time, I'm reminded just how powerful it is for building self-awareness, surfacing unconscious bias, and helping teams genuinely value behavioural differences. What makes Jigsaw so impactful is its simplicity—it delivers deep insight in a way that's unthreatening, engaging, and incredibly easy to apply in the workplace.

Tracy Al Saidi
Regional Head of Talent, Gulf Insurance Group
(formerly AXA Gulf)
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Such a fun and interactive session! Jigsaw gave us the chance to create our own behavioural profiles and observe others build theirs in real time—the results were surprising and genuinely eye-opening. It's an essential tool for any Learning and Development team looking to build self-awareness and boost collaboration. We finally understand how people work—and how to work better together.

Marta Arias
Learning & Development Specialist, Air Arabia
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An incredibly engaging and insightful experience! Jigsaw helped us uncover different behavioral styles in a way that felt interactive, practical, and surprisingly revealing. Seeing profiles take shape in real time sparked meaningful conversations about communication, teamwork, and understanding each other better. It’s a powerful tool for any organization aiming to strengthen collaboration and develop more self-aware, high-performing teams.

Elena Carter
People Development Lead, Nexora Solutions

Watch It in Action

Hear directly from the teams and facilitators who have experienced the Jigsaw Discovery Tool in action.

Watch the experience

Two Ways to Work with Ignite

Direct Delivery by Ignite

We deliver the Jigsaw Discovery Tool directly to your teams as a facilitated experience. This
can be followed by additional modules or follow-on applications depending on your goals.

  • Jigsaw for leadership
  • Jigsaw for stress management
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Internal Certification via Train-the-Trainer

We train and certify internal team members to deliver the Jigsaw Discovery Tool within your
organisation, giving you a scalable internal route with ongoing support.

  • Full certification and onboarding support
  • Annual material subscription
  • Ongoing facilitator support and updates
Become a Certified Jigsaw Partner

Frequently Asked Questions

The Jigsaw Discovery Tool is a behavioural profiling framework that helps teams understand how different people communicate, contribute, and work best. It creates a shared language for behaviour that improves communication, collaboration, and team performance.
Jigsaw is suitable for leadership teams, functional teams, project teams, and cross-functional groups. It is particularly useful where teams need stronger communication, greater self-awareness, and better day-to-day collaboration.
Yes. The Jigsaw Discovery Tool can be delivered for teams in Sydney and more broadly across Australia, depending on your requirements.
Yes. The workshop can be tailored to your team context, goals, and the outcomes you want to focus on.
Delivery format can vary depending on the size of the group, objectives, and how the tool is being used. We can recommend the most suitable approach based on your requirements.
Jigsaw is designed to be practical, visual, and easy to apply. Rather than leaving insight as a static profile, it helps teams use a shared framework together in real time.
Yes. Ignite also offers a Train-the-Trainer route for organisations that want to build internal capability and deliver the tool within their own teams.