Roger Yu

Hello Greet,

A very interesting topic; I’m having a similar assignment coming up with a 14 p European management team that needs to start working better together.

If you want an extra facilitator, I might be able to help you out (could be a learning opportunity for the both of us). I have my offices in Mechelen, by the way.

Luc
PS I’ve send…[Read more]

The assistants guidelines came from Robert Rasmussen. I also made up some picture slides on the instructions to distribute to assistant facilitators.
Send me an email to sebastian@sjbradford.com and Ill reply them to you
BTW agree with Wiro.. If only addressing the offering side of the Biz model csnvas ie the value proposition,customers, key…[Read more]

Hi Greet,
You’re welcome. I’m sure you will succeed. Have fun, play well. Hartelijke groet, Michel

@Sebastian, I’m interested in the ‘Assistant’s Guidelines’ for LSP. Are they publicly available ?

When you just use the Value Proposition Canvas and make people build WHAT they solve (or what needs they fulfill) for WHO, then you have plenty time.

Thank you all for your feedback ! It’s obvious I have to let go of the idea not to split up the group. I like the idea of using the World Cafe method as an alternative. There are 3 “facilitators” in the group who have no LSP experience, but I think I will give them the assistant’s role. Regarding the BMC, I know I have not enough time for that,…[Read more]

Concur with Eli.. Hi buddy.. howzzitgoin..
Re cofacilitation .yes.. you would need assistance even if just to make sure the core process steps are adhered to and flow is maintained. As there are no certified LSP facilitators here other than me, I use Robert’s ‘Assistants Guidelines’ for LSP to prep cofacilitators for the projects. I still lead…[Read more]

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]

Cool addition Sebastian. I could even imagine people to continue building on a model someone else started, or improving and extending a shared model the people on the table built at first instance.

Agree with the aboves. How it could work is by modifying the World Cafe method:

Divide into 3 or 4 groups.

Each group builds.. shares and reflects. +/-1 hour

Half of each table then rotates to another table with their Lego and repeats sharing and reflecting with the half of the group left at that table.

If 3 groups with 6 to 7 each then this…[Read more]

Hi Greet,

Like Wiro said. It is very well possible to work in smaller groups and focus on your role as facilitator. The thing is that you probably want to make sure that they can work on their own. Therefore, make sure that they do enough skills building. And make sure they ‘stick’ to the proces so that everyone gets the change to tell the whole…[Read more]

Just to go short: you could work in two to four smaller groups and try to focus on your role as a facilitator solely. That would mean you won’t be able to listen to every story being told, nor that you can intervene immediately. If that’s not what you want: arrange an extra facilitator. I wouldn’t try to put 19 people together on one table, if I…[Read more]

Hi.
I’m Giorgio and at the same time I’m making 4 LSP workshops for ICT enterprise.
I’m sure that you had made already an analysis of needs….Thus, in my experience, I think that you have understand well the job description of workers and their role in their company.
Which applications are you doing: role, teamlife or strategy?

Otherwise, I…[Read more]

Hello,

It is important to have an issue / key question around which you will built your questions.
Starting from questions around the actual situation of the team and then progressively having questions which let you go to the answer of the key question / issue of the workshop.

Without a central theme, it is difficult. Or you have an…[Read more]

Until now I’ve always been surprised by the metaphors people come up with while using DUPLO. Therefor I sometimes extent the kit I use with a LEGO Education set of DUPLO ‘Community People’: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Education-Community-People-4591516/dp/B0085Y3K6Y

Thanks for the comments and good to see you both have or have had similar thoughts and frustrations from time to time.

Balint – Your right that they prove us wrong regularly so they need to be there. Just comes down to observation and facilitation and reading if they are being “lazy as a dog” or not (had to get that one in)!

Eli – I fully agree…[Read more]

Hi Patrizia,

Here`s a brief outline for a demo I have done a few times which works (at least for me):

1) One 2×1 red transparent
2) Two 1×4 any color but same as 3)
3) One 2×4 any color
4) One 2×3 curved any color

These make a nice alternative to the duck bricks (at least for me) and in simple terms the challenges start off with animals, then…[Read more]