by Marko Rillo
May 31, 2013 in Serious Play Videos
Creativity - Serious Play from Josh Crandall & Tim Tocci
Josh Crandall & Tim Tocci have created an entertaining video about creativity and Serious Play. Enjoy!
Links about their work:
http://whatwouldfly.com
http://poweredbysilas.com
http://www.scad.edu/programs/design
May 3, 2013 in Serious Play Research
We invite you to contribute to an online survey about Lego® Serious Play®. The goal of this survey is to establish the state-of-the-art of LSP® in Europe. This survey is part of the S-Play Project, funded by the European Union, which aims at adapting LSP methodology to the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The outcomes of this project will include tools which you will be able to use in your professional practice. A more detailed description and further information about this project can be found at: http://s-play.eu/
The findings of the survey will be shared with all contributors through a white paper, available on the project website from July 2013. Simply click on the link below, or cut and paste the entire URL into your browser to access the survey: http://www.survey.s-play.eu/index.php/744498/lang-en. Completion of the survey will take no more than 10 minutes.
Your input is very important to us and will be kept strictly confidential (used only for the purposes of research for this project). The information will help us draw a complete picture of LSP in Europe and we would ask you to forward this invitation to all the LSP facilitators you may know.
We would greatly appreciate it if you were able to respond by May 15th 2013. If you have any questions, please do send me an e-mail at: elisabetta.frick(at)usi.ch I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your valuable contribution and any help and insights you might provide!
February 26, 2013 in News and Events
Training for 2013
Phoenix, Arizona: April 1, 2, 3 2013 Presented by IDEA FARM
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: April 22, 23, 24, 2013 Presented by Strategicplay North America
Boston, MA, USA: April 29, 30, May 01, 2013 Presented by Wow Transformations
Ottawa, ON, Canada: May 13, 14, 15, 2013 Presented by Strategicplay North America
Ottawa, ON, Canada: FRENCH – May 20, 21, 22, 2013 Presented by Strategicplay North America
Hamburg, Germany: 20.-22. March 2013 Presented by Strategicplay EU
Hamburg, Germany: 20.-22. May 2013 Presented by Strategicplay EU
Hamburg, Germany: 19.-21. August 2013 Presented by Strategicplay EU
Hamburg, Germany: 18.-20. November 2013 Presented by Strategicplay EU
Get in touch with us in EU via training@strategicplay.de
Get in touch with us in the America’s at: info@strategicplay.ca
by Marko Rillo
February 25, 2013 in Serious Play Case Studies
Lego Serious Play & Business Model Canvas from Jan Peeters
Jan Peeters has created an interesting presentation that he uploaded to SlideShare on using the Business Model Canvas as the template to build the business case using the Lego Serious Play methodology. Jan joined the Serious Play Pro community recently after being certified by Per Kristiansen in Summer 2011.
It would be great if Jan could post here some comments or reflections of the session as it would be interesting to find out about the context and result of this engaging event. 
by Patrizia
February 12, 2013 in News and Events
Are you an LSP facilitator with an amazing experience you would like to share? Would you like to present your research, books or thoughts about LSP, Heritage or inclusivity? Or are you simply curious to see how LEGO SERIOUS PLAY works? A four days’ event in Ferrara [Italy] on 20 – 23 March 2013 will focus on LSP theory, practice and application.
The event
Restauro, the trade fair for the Art of Restoration and Conservation of our Cultural and Environmental Heritage, is the first and most important Italian event dedicated to the art of restoration and the conservation of Italian artistic heritage taking place in Ferrara (Italy). About 30.000 visitors attend the exhibition every year during the 4 days; the event is supported by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage. Visitors are Architects, engineers, students and professionals who work within the Heritage domain. This year the event is expected to gain a special attention, because of the Earthquake that hit Emilia Romagna in May 2012 that damaged and destroyed most of the local heritage.
The LEGO connection
The faculty of Architecture at University of Ferrara is a historical partner of Restauro, providing contents and showing the most advanced techniques in buildings’ restoration. This year the Faculty has accepted an educational challenge aiming at improving and encouraging students’ reflection on Heritage, also in consideration of the recent events which enormously affected the area. To achieve such a goal, and to experiment a new educational approach to help students to build their class project teams, we adopted an LSP-based approach. We run 3 workshops involving around 35 students divided in 3 groups, whose task was to reflect on the course key concepts, Architecture and Heritage, and to build a shared model of the latter. The outcome was exciting and students reflections have brought on the table a number of valuable and original concepts that they have developed further as a group, taking it from the negotiated meanings and the LEGO model they all built together. After such a positive experience, the Department of Ferrara decided to organise an event that could combine the power of LEGO and LEGO SERIOUS PLAY in a 4 days’ event with the goal to bring new ideas about Heritage in a place, and in a moment, where new inputs are needed the most.
by Madis Talmar
February 7, 2013 in Serious Play Case Studies
This post gives a quick overview and lessons learned from the 22nd January 2013 session with Legos we had at the European Innovation Academy (at Tallinn University of Technology).
Participants: 85 (mainly second cycle students, 25+ nationalities) divided into 9 startup teams
Session length: 90 minutes
Primary goal: that team-members unify understanding of their own startup concept
Facilitator: Madis Talmar
LEGO sets used: variety of educational boxes (also Duplo) mixed with characters and metaphoric elements
General timeline This winter the European Innovation Academy event decided to kick it up a notch for their participants and bring in some LEGOs to provide participants with an interesting new experience. Good decision on their behalf, no doubt! For the facilitator, however, this posed quite a challenge as the task entailed 1) getting people acquainted with the Serious Play method, 2) assigning a personal task to every team (of 9) depending on their current development level, dividing the time to individual and team efforts, and 3) having each team present their common vision to the others.
Getting started As time was an important constraint, we got to the business end of the session quite quickly (12-13 minutes). To set the pace, I used two short exercises: 1) building a duck, and 2) building a tower and then turning it into a bridge. These worked out rather well despite the quite unfavorable setting of the room.
Lesson #1 By unfavorable setting of the room I mean the following: we were forced to do the session standing up, each team at their own table where the LEGOs had been put into a large pile. As a lesson learned, I would advise against that setting, especially the standing part because the view of the facilitator is seriously blocked and some teams are bound to pay less attention to you. I’m a big guy but it took some effort to keep people away from making a lot of noise during the intervals.
We were also forced to use a big pile of LEGOs as LEGO had a major order time for Starter Kits so we didn’t quite have enough. I feared that would be a problem but it was much less so as people were able to combine the pieces very creatively despite the mess on the table.
Proceeding For the first part of the central task, each individual had to build their understanding of the key components to their startup (7 minutes). Each person then had 3 minutes to present their view and answer questions. Finally, the teams moved towards a common understanding by combining elements on the run and presenting the whole view to others.
Lesson #2 With young active people, it seems that everyone wants to express their points. I planned for some example presentations by some teams but during the session every single team went for the mic so we changed the course of the session to allow everyone to present their startup. So I know now that under some circumstances one must be prepared to extend that part to accommodate for the drive to express oneself.
Lesson #3 Considering that each team had a very limited time to find their commonalities, everyone took a really great job. Many teams were able to identify a number of aspects about their business they had not included before so a time structure 7+3+15 (individual work + explaining individual work + finding commonalities) was quite sufficient for the particular task.
Finalizing We ended the session with presentations and then a round of applause to celebrate for the creativity in the room and the progress each team made.
A few more points to stress
1) although continuous playing is the ideal, everyone needs to hear the task clearly so it’s a good idea to ask everyone to step away from the table for the time of giving tasks
2) I tried giving a choice of two different tasks depending on the development level of each startup but that approach proved to be too confusing. if possible, I’d stick to one central task only and no variations to it
3) When there are a lot of people in a session, moving around and continuously double-checking if the task is understood and everyone involved becomes crucial. I ended up including many people into discussions and elaborating on the proceeding to almost all tables due to the different approaches taken by the table and the different startup profiles
Overall score to the session 8/10
Hope this helps when you also have a large session to run and the time is very limited. Let me know if any questions! Thanks for reading
October 4, 2012 in News and Events, Training and Certification
2013 LEGO SERIOUS PLAY training programs:
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, the purpose with our facilitator training program is to provide the facilitator with the insights, confidence and commitment necessary to successfully prepare and facilitate the workshops in a way that gives maximum value to the end-user and has lasting impact.
2013 Programs:
January 21-24th in Mexico City, Mexico: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (with full support in Spanish)
February 25-28th in London, England: Stage 1 and Stage 2
March 11-14th in Barcelona, Spain: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (with full support in Spanish)
May 20-23rd in Mexico City, Mexico: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (with full support in Spanish)
June 3-6th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Stage 1 and Stage 2
June 14-17th in Bogota, Colombia: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (with full support in Spanish)
August 19-22nd in Santiago, Chile: Stage 1 and Stage 2
September 9-12th in Los Angeles, US: Stage 1 and Stage 2
October 7-10th in Mexico City, Mexico: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (with full support in Spanish)
November 4-7th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Stage 1 and Stage 2
December 9-12th in Copenhagen, Denmark: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (offered in collaboration with Robert Rasmussen)
2014 Programs
January 27-30th in Mexico City, Mexico, Stage 1 and Stage 2
February 17-20th in Seoul, South Korea: Stage 1 and Stage 2
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
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:
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 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
September 24-27th, Mexico City, Mexico: Stage 1 and Stage 2
November 12-15th, Eindhoven,The Netherlands: 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
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