March 22, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion, News and Events, Serious Play Case Studies
Rory has now posted his second blog on how we used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY to develop a business model (using the canvas as the structure). It is as well written and informative as the first, I warmly recommend it
You can read it here
March 14, 2012 in Serious Play Case Studies
Case study: Using LEGO SERIOUS PLAY in a multi-cultural, multi-lateral stakeholder engagement context
Energy Efficiency Workshop
GIZ/PAKLIM and DANIDA/EINCOPS are development cooperation programmes respectively funded by the German and Danish governments, supporting the Indonesian government in its efforts to address issues related to climate change, particularly through improving energy efficiency, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Many institutions in Indonesia are also involved in mitigating climate change effects. Apart from Denmark and Germany, a number of international donors including AUSAID, USAID, AFD (France), IFC/World Bank, JICA (Japan), and the Dutch development agency. In addition, a few professional development and certification organisations are promoting competing Energy Management standards. Academic and research establishments are also conducting programmes to further knowledge about the causes, impacts, and mitigation approaches for greenhouse gas emissions. All these parties, depending on the exact nature of their activities deal with a variety of government ministries: Strategic Planning, Finance, Environment, Industry, Energy, and Education, to name a few. All of these institutions are typically seeking recognition for their own work and are reluctant to recognise the value of the contribution of others.
Previous attempts to document all of these activities have resulted in partially-completed tables in Microsoft Word or Excel, quickly obsolete.
When Dr. Joyce Miller, certified LSP facilitator, took over the leadership of the GIZ/PAKLIM’s Industry Component, she knew that an LSP-powered workshop would help to develop a clearer vision of what each actor was doing, and with luck, it would create a dynamic for community building and collaboration, rather than reinforcing the prevailing one of competition. Moreover, she suggested that the workshop itself be seen as a demonstration of a collaboration between GIZ and DANIDA. As Joyce wished to contribute fully to the proceedings and get to experience LSP as a participant for a change, I was asked to design and facilitate the workshop.
The Event
The GIZ/PAKLIM-DANIDA/EINCOPS Stakeholder Workshop on Energy Efficiency was held at the Méridien Jakarta Hotel on 21 November 2011. A last-minute change in rooms (requested by the hotel to accommodate another client) meant that some of the participants were a little confused, but this venue, which was on the same floor as already communicated, gave us some extra space, which definitely made the facilitation of the workshop easier.
No one, apart from Joyce and one colleague on the PAKLIM side, knew anything of the methodology or the process.
The workshop ran according to the following programme:
March 8, 2012 in About Serious Play, Serious Play Research
Since Open Source was implemented in 2010 I have done a fair amount of facilitator training sessions. I thought it would be interesting to compile a small survey casting some light on the demography of the participants. When I look at who they are in terms of “why LSP/where do you plan to apply LSP ? “ four categories appear:
I: Commercial purpose
52% plan to use it as part of their commercial consultancy business
II: In-house purpose
24% plan to use it inside their current company or organization
III: Education
20% plan to use it as part of their teaching approach – primarily college education
IV: Research
4% plan to use LSP as a research tool or do research in LSP
With regards to “where do they come from” LEGO SERIOUS PLAY definitely have global appeal. 38 nationalities have been represented in these training sessions.
To learn about our 2012 schedule for the facilitator training sessions in Europe, Asia, North American and Central America please check out our website or send an email to robert@rasmussenconsulting.dk
March 7, 2012 in News and Events, Serious Play Facilitators
México y España como escenario de las nuevas formaciones de facilitadores con la Metodología y las Herramientas de LEGO®SERIOUS PLAY™
Nuevas Fechas y Lugares para la Formación de Facilitadores con Robert Rasmussen y Lucio Margulis de Juego Serio™.
T3 Programa de Formación de Facilitadores de la Metodología y las Herramientas de LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ por Rasmussen Consulting y Juego Serio™
- España – 25 al 28 de Junio de 2012
- México – 7 al 10 de Julio de 2012
Formación de Facilitadores en España
Facilitation Training with Robert Rasmussen and Lucio Margulis
Aprenda a usar la metodología y las herramientas de LEGO®SERIOUS PLAY™
¿Qué daría usted para lograr una total participación y la aprobación de los principales actores (stakeholders) en las decisiones que afectan a las áreas críticas de un negocio?
¿Cómo impactaría en sus programas de formación, la posibilidad de facilitar el proceso para que cada participante desarrolle ideas y conocimientos profundos sobre los temas analizados?
Inscríbase en nuestro Programa de Formación de Facilitadores de la Metodología y las Herramientas de LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ (T3) y aprenda a explorar problemas complejos, desarrollar soluciones sustentables y nuevas estrategias. Descubra y libere el potencial de su equipo en la organización, a través de la propuesta de LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ (LSP).
Para obtener mayor información sobre la formación, fechas y precios, envíe un e mail
En inglés a: robert@rasmussenconsulting.dk
En español a luciomargulis@juegoserio.com
February 26, 2012 in Serious Play Case Studies
Check out this blog post by Rory O’Connor. Rory is a trained LSP facilitator and now an entrepreneur running a start up in Ireland. I ran a workshop with his team where we used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as the method to explore and develop their business model. We used the canvas developed by Osterwalder, Rory will be integrating the results into the LEAN Canvas developed by Ash Maurrya.
February 10, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion
After people have had their first experience with the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method one of the things that often surprise them the most is the effectiveness of the process. Seems like the expect that playing, building and telling stories with LEGO bricks must be much more time consuming – especially if you also have to hear everyone’s story. Subsequently I often get asked WHY that is the case. There are many answers to this question. Below the answer that I find myself using the most of the time. What about you?
1: In LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP), the LEGO bricks serve as a common language that anyone can use, regardless of their education, position or culture. This ensures that everybody’s knowledge and insights are surfaced.
2: The starting focus in LSP is on each individual and not the group. This means that the structure of the process requires everyone to
be actively involved in the decision process, which increases the probability that all parties will honor the decisions and agreements after the meeting.
3: The LSP method produces more concrete ideas and results, because everyone has time to build her or his answers and input before conversation and knowledge sharing begin.
4: The LSP method ensures faster and better communication and understanding because it uses 3D visualization, metaphors and stories. This also leads to fewer misunderstandings.
5: LSP meetings stay on topic because the focus is on the bricks – not on the person. This also allows the discussion to become very intense without creating personal conflicts.
February 10, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion, News and Events, Training and Certification
New Programs added
The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method is a facilitated process, the impact of workshops based on the method are, consequently, directly tied to the quality of the facilitation.
Therefore, purpose with our facilitator training program is to provide the facilitator with the insights, confidence and commitments necessary to prepare and facilitate the workshops in a way that gives maximum value to the end-user and has lasting impact.
February 13-16, London, England: Stage 1 and Stage 2
March 26-29, Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Stage 1 and Stage 2
May 14-18 Mexico City. Mexico: Stage 1 and Stage 2
May 21-25, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Stage 1 and Stage 2
June 18-21, Toronto, Canada: Stage 1 and Stage 2
July 31 – August 3, Brussels, Belgium: Stage 1 and Stage 2
September 3-6, Munich, Germany: Stage 1 and Stage 2
December 10-13, Copenhagen, Denmark: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (offered in collaboration with Robert Rasmussen)
We will be following the updated program and use the new full facilitator manual developed by Robert Rasmussen and myself. The program meets the standards set by the Association of Master Trainers in the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology.
Stage 1 gives a strong introduction to the method and how to use it with teams in personal relations. Stage 2 gives an advanced training in the method and on how to use if or business and organisational development
For more details please feel free to contact me by email (per.kristiansen@trivium.dk) or direct message via my profile on seriousplaypro.com
January 27, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion
This short film and the project behinds works on bringing play back into the world. Hard to disagree with that.
It is a 12 minutes film, and it is 12 minutes well spent
Enjoy
January 14, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion, Pro Blog and Tweet, Serious Play Case Studies, Serious Play Facilitators, Serious Play Research
Imagine this!
“I’ve decided to apply the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology to journalistic interviews and chose to explore and learn more about OccupyLSX (London Stock Exchange) through the use of LEGO. I have been around St. Paul’s camp looking for someone to involve in my experiment. And that’s when I’ve met Helen. She is 17, she is studying textile, “I still go to the college from here in the morning, which is difficult because it’s freezing and it’s too cold to get up. It’s not nice.” she says with a smile. I ask Helen to build me the first model, to let her familiarize with LEGO”.
This is how Patrizia Bertini – trained LSP facilitator – introduces us to her LEGOviews concept (LW). The LEGOviews idea have been invented and conceptualised by Patrizia and she is now using it in real life situation to investigate complex social realities, like the Occupy movement and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Patrizia: According to Wikipedia, “An interview is a conversation between two people (the interviewer and the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.”
LEGOviews (LWs) are journalistic interviews based on the LSP method: they do not much differ from traditional interviews in the aim, though they deeply differ in the cognitive mechanisms and in the process. Most of the best interviews we can think of deeply delve topics in an argumentative way and the interview, in most cases; it’s a dialectic and intellectual fight between the two parts. LEGOviews are not fights, they are collaborative dialogues, they are conversations. Read Patrizia’s full article “When LEGO bricks become Socrates’ Midwife”
January 4, 2012 in About Serious Play, Generic Discussion, Lego
The LEGO Foundation has taken over the responsibility for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method. This change will help create the platform for the continued development and growth of the method.
The President of The LEGO Foundation, Morten Aagaard has long been a great supporter and fan of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method, and was trained as a facilitator in 2004. Morten has asked Per Kristiansen to chair an advisory board. Per has invited Robert Rasmussen to join the board (an invitation he accepted).
The LEGO Foundation will be supported by the Board in the continued development of the method, in accrediting training programs, supporting research, updating the products and raising the awareness of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method.
On behalf of Morten Aaagard
Jette Orduna (Director, Kirkbi) & Per Kristiansen
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