Karen Chisvin

Hi Sofie,
A couple of suggestions:
1) Limit the number of bricks for the tower building. give them the bottom and the top and tell them to choose only ten more. This will focus the building and might help to focus the stories too.
2) Give specific instructions (for example “tells us what you have built and what it says about you”) and stick to…[Read more]

Hi Sofie,
I always ask the participants what them would like to hear.
At some point in time, them are the “owners” of the activity…. :)
Have fun,
Rodrigo

Hi!
I would recommend to give as much as 2 minutes per participant during warm up.
In my perception, the power of the methodology arises on the exercices after the warm up, not during it…..
Have fun,
Rodrigo

Hi Hugues,
I just found your note, im basically on the same subject.
What about some ideas i found netsurfing the web:
1) building a duck with 7 pieces
2) removing 3-4 pieces and explaining why it is still a duck
3) build a tower
4) build your ideal neighbor with the mini figure and 5 additional pieces
5) build the same day, 3 hours earlier
Have…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

Hi Matevz,

Great opportunity you have!

If i were in your shoes, i would take the advantage of getting people to understand the power of a metaphor and the 3d perspective, all at once.

So, as an introduction exercises (similar as in a warm up), i would have them create a version of themselves with the mini-figure and a maximum of 5 additional…[Read more]

Lego has been around for many years, and I believed it holds a lot of trademarking and copyright ownership. Trademark so to speak includes the use of slogan, taglines, descriptions, special characters, designs and layout along with its brand name and logo. If in any case you copy one of each detailed trademarks, even the closes design or alike so…[Read more]

Hello Eli,

Thank you for the timely and detailed answer.

Alas, I am far far away and there are only 2 (including me) LSP facilitators here.

Best,

Ariel

Hi Martin,
I have used LSP in counselling settingsfor a few years now with especially difficult participants (including post-trauma patients and a group of unemployed), and am familiar with the issue you present.
LSP is a great tool in this respect, rest assured.

The difficulty I see lies elsewhere, namely in hierarchy. Things will work out OK if…[Read more]

Hi Ariel,
Thanks for your question.
My first comment would be that you should not try to manage a group of 20 participants if you are just one facilitator – it doesn’t make sense. Try to find someone else, preferably LSP-qualified to support you.

With regard to managing the size of the group, I think what most of us do is to distribute…[Read more]

Hi Ariel,
Thanks for your question.
My first comment would be that you should not try to manage a group of 20 participants if you are just one facilitator – it doesn’t make sense. Try to find someone else, preferably LSP-qualified to support you.

With regard to managing the size of the group, I think what most of us do is to distribute…[Read more]

Hi Martin,
One question that can get this sort of discussion going is “what happened in the past”.
Perhaps introduce the discussion in a wider context with more people. If the problem doesn’t emerge during the wider discussion, you will at least have uncovered some interesting perspectives. You would then be able to drill down with those who are…[Read more]

Hi Martin,
One question that can get this sort of discussion going is “what happened in the past”.
Perhaps introduce the discussion in a wider context with more people. If the problem doesn’t emerge during the wider discussion, you will at least have uncovered some interesting perspectives. You would then be able to drill down with those who are…[Read more]

Hi Martin,
One question that can get this sort of discussion going is “what happened in the past”.
Perhaps introduce the discussion in a wider context with more people. If the problem doesn’t emerge during the wider discussion, you will at least have uncovered some interesting perspectives. You would then be able to drill down with those who are…[Read more]

Sounds good, did the conflict in your case already escalate into an argument? I have to defuse the situation I think, your solution seems to help. I think I will need to talk to the both first, so that I can dig deeper into what the situation really is. Having them build their perceptions and insights on the situation might help indeed.