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Per Kristiansen replied to the topic LSP trademarks and copyrights violated? in the forum Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
hi
Furhter to Onno’s post, consder putting this line to itLEGO®, the LEGO® logo, the Brick, Knob configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group.
And, be carefull with the writing of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY inside the other colour and in grey color. This could be intepreted as a violation of the logo and trademark
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Eli De Friend wrote a new post 10 years ago
Dear All,
I’ll be running a workshop in Cape Town, South Africa at the beginning of May. This is a development cooperation mandate and they certainly don’t have any budget for LSP material for 20 participants,
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Lessons Learned in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Hi Marko,
To be honest, I never do the full two hours, but to give you an idea about how the time can be allocated.Construction:
Instructions 1 minute + building 3 minutes + debrief 2 minutes + deconstructing models 1 minute = 8 minutesMetaphor:
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Lessons Learned in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Hi Gabriel,
Thanks for posting your experiences. Everyone should read your story.
I’m surprised that you recommend an hour skill-building. I’m sure I was told in training that it should be 2 hours!
Handling the talkative ones is just part of the job of being a facilitator. Doing the skills building right won’t get your participants obeying…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Selling LSP in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Balint, I think we all understand the challenge; we have all met people who are shortsighted and don’t want to invest. Believe me, Eastern Europe does not have a monopoly on shortsightedness. Wall Street in New York has proven time and again that it cannot see beyond the end of its next 3-month nose. So these are the people whose careers are going…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Selling LSP in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Luc, I find terms like C-level quite confusing; still here’s a list of CAPRESE LSP references, where senior management have been involved (I’ll leave it to you to decide whether VP R&D EMEA in Honeywell ACS who reports to an Executive VP is senior or junior to VP R&D Aerolia who reports directly to a…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Selling LSP in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Guys don’t fall into the numbers trap! What about keeping the company in business, rather than going bankrupt? What about creating a context in which products are developed more efficiently? Having a more efficient R & D department might not affect your bottom line in the short term, but may help your organisation to develop products and services…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Selling LSP in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Guys don’t fall into the numbers trap! What about keeping the company in business, rather than going bankrupt? What about creating a context in which products are developed more efficiently? Having a more efficient R & D department might not affect your bottom line in the short term, but may help your organisation to develop products and services…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Cases on LSP for research and education? in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Dear Wiro,
We do a regular business modelling session at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL). The best reference for this is probably the one written by Yves Pigneur (http://www2.hec.unil.ch/wpmu/ypigneur/2012/04/01/lego-serious-play/)We also do a Corporate Identity session for students at Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic LSP workshop with 19 participants in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Hi Greet,
I concur with everything said previously, use smaller groups at separate tables, but all in the same room. Have table groups present their shared models to each other. Use World Café method or at least the mixing and hosting elements to develop a more generalised perception and understanding throughout the group.The one thing I would…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend commented on the post, Introduction to LEGO SERIOUS PLAY – Video and Presentation 10 years ago
Marko, this is Brilliant! Where’s the “Like” button?
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Long-term LSP supported Change Management Case Studies/Examples in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Hi Dieter,
Here’s a link to our case study: http://www.caprese.org/EN/experience/Exp_Case_Swisscom_EN.html
Over an 8 month period, 300 period people went through the programme with CAPRESE involved. On a couple of occasions, including the pilot, we brought Per Kristiansen. Per also ran a full 4-day training with the client’s internal…[Read more] -
Eli De Friend replied to the topic Duplo or No Duplo, that is the Question … in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Guys – in my business LSP is just a means to achieving an objective. The objective is for people to talk honestly and creatively and feel engaged in that discussion.
The objective is NOT to be become LEGO Master Builders! I get frustrated when participants place a few bricks and a couple of animals on the table, but if they then use that as the…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic LSP workshop for sector specialization strategy in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 10 years ago
Hi Gabriel,
I would suggest running a full two-day workshop with two facilitators. Why waste your customer’s time with a facilitator’s assistant?Use a colleague from this fantastically rich network of professionals. Part of your added value is that you are a member of the Serious Play Pro Community. Your client should value this and pay for…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Lego Serious Play for research? in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
Hi Mattia,
I’m sure you could use the methodology for exploring the qualities or attributes required for a new umbrella or discussing the principles that an umbrella should respect: is tensile strength more important than impermeability or ultraviolet protection?
What sort of people use umbrellas?
How do they use them?
When do they use them?
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Lego Serious Play for research? in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
Hi Marko,
I think you’ll find a few cases of research in the social sciences (e.g. the work done by David Gauntlett, Lorenzo Cantoni, etc.)I can’t really see how it would work in the natural sciences, because it requires people.
All the best,
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Practical Concern: how to keep your sets organized in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
@Balint: I was just giving the “official” answer. :-) If that has changed since the introduction of Open Source, it’s news to me. The LEGO Group certainly has written to me informing that I can now re-use bricks with my clients. Doesn’t mean I don’t, but…
It’s a bit like asking “what are your techniques for avoiding speed traps, when you’re driving?”
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Practical Concern: how to keep your sets organized in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
Hi Jan,
I would imagine there are as many answers to your question as there are to the question “How long is a piece of string”. However, there can only be one official answer and that is that each customer should purchase new material for each workshop. If you do multiple workshops with the same customer, the customer can spend the time sorting…[Read more]
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Per Kristiansen replied to the topic A question for the LSP Practitioners and Professionals in the forum Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
Dear Alexander
The short answer would be that the sets are costly but not expensive. The kits, in particular, the connections kit contain a lot of special elements that are expensive to produce. Historically, LEGO has kept the same margin on the LSP products as on any. In periods it has even been lower, but I believe that it has been adjust to…[Read more]
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Eli De Friend replied to the topic Long term strategy for large TV Station in the forum
Serious Play Pro Forum 11 years ago
Dear Sebastian,
I hope you are doing well. Congratulations on getting this mandate. Some readers might not be aware that your “local TV network” may be broadcasting to up to 25 million people!
My first advice is not on method, but staffing. For 30 people, if you have not already considered it, I would strongly recommend working with a trained…[Read more]
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