LEGO® Serious Play® — For Managers
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LEGO® Serious Play® — For Managers Solve Your Business Challenges Playfully & with Fun!
Michael TarnowskiPlays-In-Business.com
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LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) is a structured and facilitated workshop method for strategic decision making and problem resolution in business environments.Picture Credit: Bill Ward, https://www.flickr.com/photos/billward/3640805316
What is LEGO® Serious Play®?
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Where can I apply LEGO® Serious Play®?
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Fast Understanding of Problems and Solutions
Solutions immediately applicable on the Work Floor next Day
Strong Commitment to related Decisions
Fast Return on Invest of workshop costsPicture Credit: Wolfgang Lonien, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wjlonien/11027445953
Your benefit using LEGO® Serious Play®
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LEGO® Serious Play® Engages People
“Lean Forward” Meetings:all participants engage equally.
“Lean Backward” Meetings: only a few participants are engage.Picture Credit: Zach Graves, https://www.flickr.com/photos/basictheory/849025205 Picture Credit: http://www.mathewbirch.com
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Haptical Thinking Strong Commitment
Think with your Hands!Understanding the World in 3D is Easier
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Everyone who…
…is faced a complex problem and does not know how to handle it.
…wants to engage all resources available in her organisation.
…wants to turn visions into commitments.
Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 1/4
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Everyone who…
…wants to design actions.
…develops leadership and teams.
…does 1:1 coaching
Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 2/4
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Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 3/4
Everyone who…
…looks for a solution to a shared problem.
…has to create a shared mind-set about something.
…builds a shared vision.Picture Credit: Graham Richardson, https://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/8420446592/
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Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 4/4
Everyone who…
…wants constructive discussions where everybody is heard.
…has to create a shared mind-set about something.
…wants constructive discussions where everybody is heard.Picture Credit: Graham Richardson, https://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/8420446592/
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1. Challenging: Facilitator raises a Question/Problem
2. Constructing: Participants build Models
3. Story Telling: Participants share Interpretation
4. Reflecting: Participants create Common Understanding
How LEGO® Serious Play® works
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om LEGO® Serious Play®:
Is a structured, facilitated method.
Answers questions rephrasing the business topics. The models built and their stories shared by the builders are the answers.
Is a playful and still serious way to create new insights and to develop innovative ideas.
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What does LEGO® Serious Play®? 1/2
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What does LEGO® Serious Play®? 2/2
LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP):
Is a secure and safe place to image and explore ideas by building models with LEGO® bricks.
Creates a shared understanding about the problem space in question.
Investigates complex and dynamic dependencies and emergences.Picture Credit: desbiens_jean, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeandesbiens/6079961911
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While playing participants think outside the box creatively without stress.
Participants construct the models in a flow of intense playing.
The models “emerge” out of the bricks at hand without any long-term rational pre-design.
Playing with and challenging the model constructs new knowledge through self-reflection.
Why LEGO® Serious Play® works 1/2
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As metaphors the models opens a wide door of interpretation and fantasy.
Participants explain the metaphors of all the model’s meanings.
Building with the hands creates strong involvement and commitment.“Hands-on”, “Minds-on” building
Why LEGO® Serious Play® works 2/2
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Give LEGO® Serious Play® a Chance!
Solve with LEGO® Serious Play® your REAL problems:
Engagingly • Playfully • Constructively • Appreciatively • Innovatively
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How can I use LEGO® Serious Play®?
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LEGO® Serious Play® is open source.
However, for best results, hire a trained LSP facilitator – like me
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Are you facing a complex problem and don’t know what to do next?
Michael Tarnowski, Certified LEGO Serious Play FacilitatorPlays-In-Business.com
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Interested in LEGO Serious Play workshops, and Consultancy?
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