Serious Play Pro

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

Nuevas Fechas y Lugares para la Formación de Facilitadores del Juego Serio con Herramientas y Metodología de LEGO®SERIOUS PLAY™ 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

• Madrid – España – 20 al 23 de Febrero de 2012
• Panamá – Latinoamérica del 19 al 22 de Marzo de 2012

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 y en español a luciomargulis@juegoserio.com

Para más información visite el siguiente link:

http://www.luciomargulis.com.ar/?p=148

Robert Rasmussen and I had a meeting a LEGO today assisting them in pulling together a new Identity and Landscape Kit. There will be marginal changes and all to the better.

They expect that the product will be ready early in 2012

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP) is a facilitated process, and the results and impact of the process are directly tied to the quality of the facilitation. The objective with our LSP facilitator-training program is to provide the facilitator with the insights, confidence and commitments necessary to prepare and facilitate the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY process in a way that gives maximum value to the end-user and has lasting impact.

The training schedule for 2012 currently includes the following sessions:

United States, Atlanta, January 24 – 27:  Stage 1 and Stage 2
United States,  Boston, March 26 – 29: Stage 1 and Stage 2
France, Paris, February 13 – 16: Stage 1 and Stage 2
Spain, Madrid, February 20 – 23: Stage 1 and Stage 2
Denmark, Odense, May 21 – 24: Stage 1 and Stage 2
Central America, Panama City, March 19 – 22: Stage 1 and Stage 2

The training content follows the updated program and use the new full facilitator manual developed by Per Kristiansen and myself. The program meets the standards set by the Association of Master Trainers in the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology. Facilitators will receive document of qualification upon completion of the training. The training provides the facilitator with hands-on experiences, theory, facilitation guidelines and application ideas.

For more details please contact me by email: robert@rasmussenconsulting or skype:l ego_serious_play

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 21-25, The Hague, The Netherlands: Stage 1 and Stage 2
June 18-21, Toronto, Canada: Stage 1 and Stage 2
December 10-13, Copenhagen, Denmark: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (offered in collaboration with Robert Rasmussen)

More sessions may be added in second half of 2012, expect a session in September (Germany)

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

Formación de Facilitadores del Juego Serio con Herramientas y Metodología de LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ en San Sebastián España

T3 Programa de Formación de Facilitadores de la Metodología y las Herramientas de LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ por Rasmussen Consulting y Juego Serio (San Sebastián – País Vasco- España –Noviembre de 2011)

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).

Fecha: del 22 al 25 de Noviembre (Formación Completa de 4 días)

Lugar: San Sebastián- País Vasco (España)

Para obtener mayor información sobre la formación, fechas y precios, envíe un e mail en inglés a: robert@rasmussenconsulting.dk y en español a luciomargulis@juegoserio.com. Contactos Locales: “Francisco Bodego fran@ikasplay.com y Hernan Ordoñez ho@hernan.tv

I’m running a workshop on the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method at the 21st annual Systems Thinking in Action Conference in Seattle, Washington, to be held October 31-November 2. Join me as I show you how the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method enhances innovation and business performance by engaging different styles of thinking, allowing a safe space for controversial ideas, and providing a sense of shared ownership and understanding among diverse participants.
Links:
My workshop

The Conference page

A while back I promised to pull together a review of Davids Gauntletts ”Making is Connecting”, somehow work overtook my good intentions, but here it is (better late than never)

In short, Davids book is great read, it is life confirming in the sense that it points to our drive to express ourselves and the importance of that endeavour (from an LSP perspective, it would have been great to see some sort of connection with what happens when employees craft their strategy, vision etc, but who knows may be this will come later)

Overall, read this if you want to feel that your fiddling around with your website (or with bricks), nursing your garden, fixing old cars etc have a meaning beyond being harmless pastimes.

One of David’s points that as an LSP facilitator it is easy to sympathise with, is that he wants change the understanding of creativity from being something that concerns the few and “chosen” to something that we all have. Creativity is something that is present, or could be, in everyday-life.

He outlines a number of theories and understandings of “the meaning of making”, e.g. that it can be seen as a reaction to dominant and more commercial cultures, or historically, the industrialism (it made me think of the microbreweries vs the big global brands). However, with a nice touch, he also has a chapter on “Web 2.0, not all rosy” where he points to some of the challenges he sees

If I were to conclude, then I enjoyed the book and learned something from it. In particular, I like the concluding chapter with a set of five key principles and “imagined futures”. It helps anchor learning and insights

Strictly speaking not a book that will help build your LSP practise, but a good book nonetheless And, one that I would recommend reading

Vídeo sobre LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ subtitulado en español

Upcoming LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ training in Spanish language – information below.

T3 Programa de Formación de Facilitadores de la Metodología y las Herramientas de LEGO© SERIOUS PLAY™ por Rasmussen Consulting y Juego Serio

Miami – Octubre de 2011

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).

En el programa de formación T3 usted: aprenderá cómo diseñar y facilitar talleres basados en los conceptos y en la metodología de LSP; utilizando las herramientas, técnicas y aplicaciones que fueron desarrolladas por el grupo LEGO® y la asociación de Entrenadores Expertos (Master Trainers) durante más de 10 años.

La formación abarca todos los conceptos y aspectos prácticos relevantes, y los complementa con lo más significativo de nuestras experiencias y conocimientos, a través de la incorporación de las investigaciones más recientes, las mejores prácticas, y una serie de herramientas y técnicas lúdicas y estratégicas relacionadas con la metodología.

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Update: We will be moving the community meeting into the spring. Hope to see many of you in 2012

Dear all
When some of us met at the LEGO Idea conference earlier this year, the idea of a real (as opposed to virtual) community meeting emerged.

We, Trivium, voluntered to host and drive this conference. Based on the input we got we will be working on a program. Sofar we have settled on some dates:

October 25-26; 2011

Location will be Copenhagen, Denmark

We expect to start with lucnh on the 25th and work untill late afternoon on the 26th. We will post more on the program as it evolves

We hope to see many of you