Marko Rillo LEGO SERIOUS PLAY at Joomla Annual World Conference - Keynote Session slides

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LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY®
And the future of Joomla Community
Marko Rillo & Ramesh Srinivasan
@markorillo @rameshie
Keynote hashtags:
#JWC15 #LSP

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Be prepared for some
SERIOUSPLAY®
• Be prepared to respond to tasks *it’ll be fun*!
• *Everybody* participates, builds and tells
• This session does not have wrong answers *just go
with the flow*!
• If you do not have the answer - be prepared to
*think with your hands*!
• Are there at least 5 people at your table?
#JWC15 #LSP

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This session is about
Building SharingPlaying
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Practice building! 
GO!
Open your plastic bags and
use 4 bricks to build a
dog
#JWC15 #LSP

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Your Dogs were Unique?
You may combine six
2x4 LEGO bricks in
nearly 915,000,000+
ways
#JWC15 #LSP

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Practice play! 
Find a
Minifigure
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Build and introduce yourself!
Add a few additional bricks to
minifigure and introduce
yourself to others in your
table
Who are you and why at
Joomla Annual
Conference?
Building: 1 minute
Introducing: 5 minutes
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1 Minute for Building “You” 
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Time for Introductions in Your Group
5 Minutes
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Practice sharing! 
Take a photo and share it via twitter using hashtags:
#JWC15 #LSP
A great start of
#LegoSeriousPlay session
here at #JWC15 #LSP :)

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Hand-mind connection
• Body parts of homunculi
are proportionate to
respective cortex areas in
brain
• Using your hands serves
like a "search engine" of
your mind
• Fiddling with objects gets
your thoughts flowing
Homunculi of Natural History Museum
of London
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Practice Building Together! 
Build the
highest freely
standing tower!
Minifig at the
top!
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Build the highest tower within 2
minutes!
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It was fun! 
Yes, you may share your towers via
twitter! 
What did you notice?
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LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® engages
Usual meeting – that’s nice! 100% “Lean In” meeting!
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You Become the Co-owner of Your
Team’s Work
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Recycle your tower material
Choose individually 5 bricks and
connect them in a random way!
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Recycle your tower material
Choose just 5 bricks and connect
them in a completely random way!
Seconds
#JWC15 #LSP

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We use Symbols to Understand and
Remember Better and Tell Stories
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Next Task - Explain this!
• Bricks can mean *anything we want!*
• Lets practice some *creative thinking!*
• Lets use *symbolic language!*
Starting clockwise from the person who sits the
closest to the stage you will each have just 30
seconds
to explain that your creature means …
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1st person in your table explains …
My creature means
My Home
because …
Seconds
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2nd person in your table explains …
My creature means
Content Management System
because …
Seconds
#JWC15 #LSP

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3rd person in your table explains …
My creature means
The Coolest Computer Ever
because …
Seconds
#JWC15 #LSP

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4th person in your table explains …
My creature means
Interesting Experiment
because …
Seconds
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5th person in your table explains …
My creature means
My Dream Software
because …
Seconds
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6th person in your table explains …
My creature means
Joomla
because …
Seconds
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Done Practicing! 
We know now:
Hand mind connection
Using bricks to express ourselves
Creating metaphors
Thinking creatively about future
Story matters more than building
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Our challenge!
Where will Joomla community
be in 10 years from now?
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The rules
• When you don’t know what to build, *just start
building* - let your hands do thinking for you!
• Introduce only your model, speak only about the
models, ask questions only about the models,
discuss only the models
• Divide the tasks at your table
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP

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Assign roles at your table!
• Facilitator
leads the
discussion,
makes sure that
everybody
participates and
gets to say
• Time-keeper
keeps close eye
at clock and
paces the team
members during
building and
explaining
• Reporter
makes the
photo(s) of your
models and
posts them to
twitter with
#JWC15 #LSP
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP

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2 steps
1st step
Build a model individually
Using bricks and imagination
2nd step
Explain to your table
Using metaphors
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP

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Your Individual Task
Where will Joomla
community be in 10 years
from now?
• Use 1-3 keywords as
metaphors that describe
your future model!
• Explain to the rest of your
group members
Building: 3 minutes
Explaining: 10 minutes
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When Done, Write Keywords and
Share your Photos
Joomla in 10 years: goal-focused and
fun #JWC15 #LSP
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Individually: Where will Joomla
community be in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP

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Your Table has 10 Minutes
Everybody Explain your Vision!
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Rules
• Consider different perspectives of individuals
• Place the individual models together, connecting
related issues
• Come up with the joint story of your table and
reporter should tell the joint story of your team!
• Decide upon the most important action steps to
take. Be precise: “We shall …” (maximum 3!!!)
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Finally: once you are finished – take a photo of
your joint building with a visible list of keywords
and share: #JWC15 #LSP
#JWC15 #LSP

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Creating Joint Vision and Action Plan
3rd step
Building a Joint Vision
To understand different perspectives
Come up with your story
4th step
Taking a commitment
What is it that our team will do?
“We shall …”
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20 minutes for Joint Vision of the
Community Future!
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Reporting Back …
• Take a photo of your joint building with a
visible list of keywords and share: #JWC15
#LSP
• And summary:
–Lets see and hear our stories “This is how we
see the community in 10 years …”
–“To make our vision happen in 10 years we
shall do …”
#JWC15 #LSP

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