3. Lego Serious Play
“a facilitated thinking,
communication and problem
solving technique”
4. LSP 101
• Expertise exists in the room
• Everyone can contribute
• Surface ideas AND plan for action
• Constructionism (Papert)
• “Thinking through your fingers”
5. four stages
• I present a build challenge
• You build your model
• You tell your story to the group
• We ask questions and reflect
8. tower: part I (instructions)
• Start with the black base plate
• Build a tower
–Do not mix or trade the pieces
• Time: 3 minutes
9. tower: part II (instructions)
• Make a small change to your tower
so that it tells a story about you
– Where you work…
– Where you live…
– What you do…
– One of your strengths…
• Time: 3 minutes
10. tower: part II (share)
• Get in groups of three
• Explain your tower to your group
• Time: 5 minutes
13. explain this! (share)
• Get in groups of three
–Partner ‘A’ + ‘B’ + ‘C’
• Explain your structure
–Use a topic from the next slide
• Time: 5 minutes
14. list “A” (explain this!)
• Photography
• Nutrition
• The circus
• Electric vehicles
• Moon excavation
15. list “B” (explain this!)
• Military
• Deep sea fishing
• Comics
• Mexican food
• An emergency
16. list “C” (explain this!)
• Monday mornings
• Organic farming
• Funding cutbacks
• A crime scene
• Happiness