Guy Winterbotham

[Guy Winterbotham]

Rob,
Did have 1 kit per participant?

Regards,
Guy

[Guy Winterbotham]

I’ve done a couple with the theme “What would a supportive community for X look like?” It allows folks to consider the future direction the community that has come to the conference. At 2 hrs I have done a shared model. I’ve used explorer kits and asked folks to build the shared model in a way they can recover the kit. In one case I was able to video the shared stories and offer it to the organizers of the session for their future planning.

[Guy Winterbotham]

Matevz, your welcome.

For other folks who might read this post the link is http://www.gargoylesoftware.com/lsp/facilitators and also contains a link to a PDF you can print to resort the Explorer kits.

I have found recently that folks who aren’t familiar with what a moose is nor LEGO have a time putting it together. You substitute to the Windows Explorer abstract animals PDF that comes with the LSP Facilitator training.

Guy

[Guy Winterbotham]

5 minute intro.
A group of us did something similar. We followed a quick version of normal skill building:
Tower: Intro yourself and say one thing about your tower in 30 secs. Reflection is everybody in the room hold up towers and see how with identical instructions the outcomes are different.
Moose: Build Mike Bowler’s Moose. We have instructions at each table as well as on the projector. Use this to reflect on metaphor.
In our case, we then asked they modify the moose to be a challenge they face at work. 30 sec per person sharing.
Next we break the moose down and ask they build what the would need for a more supportive environment at work followed by 1 minute per person.
Last we ask the take 1 minute to select a portion of their model and add to a small baseplate. We ask they not mix up the blocks. They have 10 minutes to build a shared story.
5 minute wrap up.

[Guy Winterbotham]

http://www.gargoylesoftware.com/lsp/moose is a pretty easy build especially when you don’t have help.

I agree with all of Sabin’s points.Coach the observers that they are to make no sound or talk and as much as possible no movement.Alternatively coach them on being temporary facilitators so they can appear to have a purpose as long as they follow your lead. Likely they will learn more from hearing the stories vs. watching builds from the edge of the room.

I would also agree that scarcity will inhibit expression and provide a distorted view of what LSP is offering. This may confuse builders and then the obervers as they will attribute behavior to the wrong cause.

At 3hrs and the numbers of folks you are trying to move through, you might find it a challenge. Watch this from Marko Rillo for ideas on large scale facilitation. He use Explorer kits for the entire exercise. You end up mashing the kits for the shared build.

[Guy Winterbotham]

I’ve just come from training and a similar question was asked of Robert. He said ask if the team needs to discuss the issue or move on. If they need to discuss, he leaves to get a cup of coffee. In the example he gave they were done in 30 mins and ready to get back on with the workshop as planned.
Similar newbie questions like do you change the plan on the fly? RR: No, you may leave the framing question open to see what emerges but the flow of applications techniques would remain as designed.

We answers are at the moment parroting as I await my first experience facilitating.

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