Introductory presentation of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY and of its use for approaching business challenges. Video of the presentation is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucn5QqhtxaU
Presented by Marko Rillo from SeriousPlayPro.com - the global community of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitators.
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The presentation focuses on three reasons why LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® makes a difference
1) stronger engagement of a team
2) play helps to understand better
3) metaphors help conveying messages and remember the most important.
Types of challenges with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.
Core process of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (4- Step Core Process. Copyright by Kristiansen & Rasmussen (2014) Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method. page 51: www.amazon.com/dp/1118832450/?tag=seriousplay-20):
1. Posing a question
2. Constructing the model
3. Sharing the story of the model
4. Reflecting and synthesizing on the model
It also briefly touches upon primary application techniques of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.
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Freeform building exercise with
virtual feedback round – alone or in a group
• Grab a handful of LEGO® bricks and start
fiddling with them
– Use bricks to build a challenge you face
personally or professionally
– Or build anything that comes to your mind
and hands while listening
• Take a photo of your buildings and share:
#LegoSeriousPlay @SeriousPlayPro
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What is "Hand-mind connection"
Homunculi of Natural History Museum of London
• Artistic rendition of a "tiny man" -
body parts are proportionate to its
respective cortex areas in brain
• Using your hands serves like a
"search engine" of your mind
• Fiddling with material objects gets
your thoughts flowing
Wilson (1998) The Hand: How its use shapes the brain, language and human culture.
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You might ask – why your office might use
LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY®?
• Just checking your exercise?
• Have you managed to build already?
– If yes then great – just keep on going
– If not then now is utmost time to start
• If you are in a group then observe
what has started happening around
you
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We understand each other better
Play is honest –
it shows us things we did
not know we knew
Models simplify
complexities of
our work
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What do you need to carry out a workshop with
LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® ?
A group and a trained facilitator A set of LEGO bricks A challenge and enough time for work
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Types of challenges with
LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY®
Short challenges 2-8h
• Constructive discussions
• Team building
• Problem solving
• Creating shared understanding
• Unleashing creative thinking
• (Job) interviews
• Analysing product user requirements
Complex challenges 8-40h or even longer
• Strategy development and exploration, e.g.
customer profiling, stakeholder mapping
• Organizational development – resource,
capability discussions
• Innovation and product development –
creative ideas into concrete concepts
• Change management – facilitating and
implementing changes and mergers
• Discussion of team / organization values
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Skills building before you start with full
LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® tasks
Some introductory skills building
tasks to get the group in the flow
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LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® application technique
Presenting a challenge
With the help of a facilitator
Building a model
Using bricks and imagination
Giving meaning(s)
Using metaphors
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LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® application technique
Creating connections and building a system
To understand relationships
Generating principles
To manage future
Thinking, testing and play
To develop scenarios
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Remember the rules and etiquette of
LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY®
• Facilitator sets challenge and time
• Follow the steps:
– Build individually Share Reflect
– Build collectively Share Reflect
• The answer is in the system (kids
who use anything they play with)
• Ask questions about model, not
about the person
• No right-wrong but different
perspectives (blind men and an
elephant)
• No bystanders nor freeloaders –
everybody has a chance to explain
and participate
• Maintain the flow – make sure that
everybody is engaged
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Over to you!
• Take a photo of your buildings and
share it with: #LegoSeriousPlay to
@SeriousPlayPro or @MarkoRillo
• Add - what did you build, learn and
what questions came up
• Our community would be happy to
engage in further discussions