Andrew Batchelor

[Andrew Batchelor]

I think that with only 2 hours, you can just scratch the surface of how the team might come together around a common goal. Exercises like the duck and tower or bridge can be used for skill building, as well as to illustrate the differences in approaches and styles. You could then have them build a model of the ideal workplace by first creating the characteristics of the workplace (individual), and then fitting them together (landscape).

[Andrew Batchelor]

Hi Kim,

You are welcome. :)

In my experience, I find that build instructions for the participants are not needed, although it is a good idea as a facilitator to know what is possible. As I noted above, most of the Starter Kit exercises translate well enough to the smaller Exploration Kits. Unlike the Starter Kit though, I have found it useful to keep the directionsto a minimum (e.g. simply “build a duck”, or “build a tower”) and not use things like the animal and other models in the booklet where participants build to a specific set of instructions. This approach keeps the exercises open to interpretation and the accompanying discussion can be wider ranging.

Cheers,

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

May be available through https://education.lego.com/en-us or maybe those particular ones are out of print? There are a number of other guides and lesson plans available, but I did not find anything that looked like 1:38 in the video.

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

Do you have a link to the YouTube video? If it is the open source/public domain LSP material, there are several places to get it, including here at Serious PLay Pro’s dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8n2drwvqq5tzqdl/LSP_Open_Source.pdf?dl=0

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

I have not heard of this particular use, but I would think that the right set of challenges/builds would allow for almost any subject matter to be explored.

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

Unless there is a “right answer” for the assessment, I’m not sure how it would work. Given that LSP includes the premise that there are no wrong answers, it would be difficult to objectively assess any competancy.

On the other hand, I think LSP is a great tool for exploring all aspects of an idea like customer-centricity, and what it means to participants. You could then produce a report on the results of the LSP workshop versus best practices, highlighting areas that need attention.

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

Gargoyle Software also put together a page on the Exploration Bag:

http://www.gargoylesoftware.com/lsp/facilitators

I find in general that it is possible to do a version of the Starter Kit exercises with the Explorer bag, but on a smaller scale. The Tower exercise translates fine, and there are at least two distinct ways of making a duck ;).

Hope that’s helpful.

Andrew

[Andrew Batchelor]

I am a newly certified facilitator, so my experience is limited. He makes several points based on his reading and single morning interaction with a facilitator (who seems to be combining LSP with other things) in an attempt to put LSP in the “silly” category.

– Complains it’s not a serious thing, but balks at the idea of certification. Which do you want it to be? Something anyone can do and therefore not worthy of a second look, or a standardized tool which requires that everyone do it more or less the same way?
– You’re going to get fired if you don’t play with the bricks “right”. If that is the case, then the company is the problem, not LSP, and you likely don’t want to work there anyway.
– Has problems making a duck, but missed the point that whatever you build is whatever you say it is. No one can fail to make a duck. In a session I attended, one participant assembled the six bricks in a random pile and dubbed his creation “roadkill duck”.
– His statement about “the indignity of toys” makes me think that he belongs to the group that got creativity and imagination trained out of them at an early age. And that’s a shame.

Andrew

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