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I was just referring back to a workshop I ran in South Africa for the Good Financial Governance programme of GIZ (German International Cooperation) and saw that they have written quite a nice summary. While we didn’t use LSP for the whole workshop, it is nice for once to see the client explicitly appreciating the use of the methodology […] View
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    Gabriel replied to the topic How to use LSP to enable teams to collaborate effectively in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Hi Danny,

    I think Francine’s ideas are great.

    A few years ago I had to design and facilitate a worksop to help a tech startup better collaborate after being acquired by a tech giant. The CEO’s main concern at the time was seeing an increasing level of silo mentality. So the workshop focused on two main elements trust and collaboration in an agi…[Read more]

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    This very useful material was prepared by Lorenzo Cantoni, Marco Faré and Elisabetta Frick of Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano, Switzerland) in May 2011 and it was uploaded to the w

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    Gabriel replied to the topic Using LSP to help professionals find and work on their personal brands in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Hola Alejandro,

    Great initiative! Although I didn’t call it brand, I designed quite few workshops that focused on personal identity. I saw it more as a piece of a greater puzzle. What makes an organization, is a collection of teams, and what constitutes a team, is a collection of individuals. So designed a workshop I would offer to e…[Read more]

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    Dan Lyons has held a critical speech on LEGO Serious Play methodology at RSA event: “Why Modern Work Makes Us Miserable | Dan Lyons | RSA Replay”. The talk starts at 12:55

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    Marko Rillo posted a new job, Metropolitan Library Conference in Oklahoma City 6 years ago

    We are a public library system of 450 employees at 20 locations spread out over a large county. We have an annual staff day (this year on October 14th) from 8 am to 4 pm where employees can come together to

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    Gabriel commented on the post, Finding Work as a LEGO Serious Play Facilitator 6 years ago

    Thanks for this great article Marko. I’ve been an LSP facilitator for almost 5 years. But I’ve been only using it as a tool for my leadership and strategy workshops, when appropriate. Most of the workshops I’v

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    How to increase your success in finding new LEGO Serious Play clients? How to improve your chance in winning proposals?

    In this blog post you will learn how to spell out your unique sales proposition in just

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    Gabriel replied to the topic LSP for action planning in a strategy session in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Rodrigo, Manuel

    thank you for your feedback. I will definitely attempt reach out to you.

    Gabriel

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    Gabriel started the topic LSP for action planning in a strategy session in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Hello Forum,

    I’ll be facilitating a 2-day workshop in 3 weeks and I was wondering given my context if LSP could work. So here’s the context.

    The group, composed of 16 participants from different business units, has been working together for many years, to address a specific market segment in their industry. Last year they’ve defined and aligned…[Read more]

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    Stan Kurkovski has created a set of different instructions, tools and videos to apply LEGO Serious Play methodology to software engineering. Check out his website here.

    The videos of LEGO Serious Play

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    Alison James and Chrissi Nerantzi have combined their efforts to release an interesting new research book which tells the story of using playful tools in higher education.

    Their book is a serious endeavour on

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    Marko Rillo replied to the topic competency assessment using LSP in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Indeed. I have the same questions. But we need to make sure that we understand the exact meaning of the word “assessment” here. So Parag, can you please elaborate:
    – Will this be an individual task or a group task? Will people use LSP together or alone?
    – Who will assess? The participants? Will they assess themselves or each other?
    – How would…[Read more]

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    Marko Rillo replied to the topic competency assessment using LSP in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Hi Parag,

    What I have done occasionally during a workshop is using 10×1-pin LEGO plates for measurements (see the image) to assess the agreement/disagreement with the shared model buildings or their components. Would this work. Or can you please elaborate – you might have something else in mind?

    Using LEGO bricks for measurement

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    Denise Meyerson replied to the topic How It All Began: The Origins Of LEGO® Serious Play® in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    This is a superb article. Thank you for the detailed explanations and the background. What a wonderful gift you have given to so many people – transformed lives and changed the way in which teams ‘play’ together.

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    irene replied to the topic Train others in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Happy year and thank you very much for your always fast and good response Eli.
    My main activity is the workshops and then complement them with coaching processes.
    The question was asked because I have seen that other people who have been certified after I are basing their business in forming other coaches and psychologists in LSP and did not know…[Read more]

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    irene started the topic Train others in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Happy Christmas and New year to everyone.

    It is permissible for us, being certified facilitators, to train other people (such as psychologists or coaches) to use the methodology for their sessions?

    Does the open source enable that possibility?

    Thank you.

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    Marko Rillo replied to the topic Slack Channel in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    I have recreated the link that you can use to self-register to SeriousPlayPro Slack Channel: https://join.slack.com/t/seriousplaypro/shared_invite/enQtNTA5NTQzMjYyNjExLWY2ZDRkN2ZiNGVlZDFlODY5YjU1ZWVmYzk4MzdmMjE4MzIzMDc1YjZhZGUxYzc1MWYyZDg3NTFjNjNkZDYyOGQ

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    Marko Rillo started the topic LEGO Serious Play Impact in Business World in the forum Group logo of Serious Play ForumSerious Play Pro Forum 6 years ago

    Let us discuss the recent book of Dan Lyons: “Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us“. He has started with strong statements on LEGO Serious Play methodology suggesting it is on par with “New Age therapies” that are spreading in organizations and making employees more miserable. What is your take on that critique?

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 6 years ago

    LEGO Serious Play methodology has received a critical look by New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons. He has titled his new book “Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us”. The o

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    Marko Rillo wrote a new post 7 years ago

    LEGO Shop has recently started expanding to new markets. Newly supported markets are Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

    For years LEGO has been conservative in expanding its international online

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