Scott Simmerman, Ph.D. CPF, CPT

Scott – I havent asked the participants to do stop-motion videos, but I have done these myself using camera’s stop motion function. Gopro is the easiest option. See one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF6Nm5hixKY

I am also offering certified training courses, but admit that the word “certification” on this market is misleading. Criteria for certification is just survival for 2-4 days at the training. The reason I offer certificates is that many people coming from corporate setting suggest that they need this as the evidence of attendance.

There is no…[Read more]

Rick. What a sad loss and what a kind and thoughtful way of remembering Onno. He was such a lovely chap. Very engaged and active LSP practitioner. Thank you for sharing this.

Hi Rick,

I never had the chance to meet Onno.
This said, is sorry to hear this news. And of course, a great way to honor him.

Rodrigo

I agree with scott and alan.. the focus on certification is in that sense weird, since lego decided to make it open source… I am a certified facilitator (cps) from the IAF and written quite a bit on this method.. so i regard myself as a lego facilitator (as well as a facilitator with many other tools), without being certified by one of the…[Read more]

Given they are from different companies…

Definition of the “Ideal Team Member” and then turn the stories into stories about specific behaviours. They can then reflect on how the measure / select / train talent like this …. depending on the profile of the attendees. Indeed they can reflect on whether they are personally the ideal or…[Read more]

Hi Jaime,

I would start at the beginning: What is the exact goal of the day? Why should these people of different companies build a team? Do they have a goal in the future together or is it just about the fun?

All the best,
Veronika

Please allow me to suggest two alternatives, both complete team building games with powerpoint intro and play and debriefing packaged up into a bundle and one that uses LEGO scenes as communications tools. And, these are designed to be easily integrated with other content, using LEGO and LSP or not. Both are anchored in metaphor and both focus on…[Read more]

one additional tip: you can create a shared vision of the team in a short future (2 to 4 years).

I have eight hours for this workshop
Warm up is considered for the first hour
Thanks for your suggestions

Hi Jaime,

How much time in total do you have?

Have you thought that the warm-up in sort way can be considered as the beginning of a team building exercise? :)

Have fun,

Rodrigo

I would focus them on a task to improve something, a shared issue. We are playing with the design of a course around this kind of situation, so please allow me to share some ideas. If you want a LOT of details about how to run this, please contact me directly. I am also looking for people who might want to partner more closely on the design of…[Read more]

Hi Marcos,

Here are several suggestions:

1. Focus on topics such as trust, cooperation, decision making, and risks / benefits.
2. How would the optimal team work well together?
3. Build a model of what the team currently looks like (feels about “teamness”), then move to what is should look like.

Best of luck,

–Michael

It is true, in the end the certification is not indicative of quality either. The important thing is the experience: the amount of workshops given, the shared skills, the successes and the failures obtained. Everything adds up and together we make it more powerful.

Honestly my concern came from a workshop that I have seen announced by a person…[Read more]

Alan and Rodrigo offer great comments. Let me add one more set of ideas:

I am one of those non-certified folks, but I also have 25 years focused exclusively on facilitation and went through the Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) offering of the International Association of Facilitators and am also a Certified Professional Trainer (CPT) from…[Read more]

Hi Irene,

A worry shared is a worry halved ; )

Yes you are right. Bad execution has an impact on us all. That said, the accreditation does not guarantee good execution. As Rodrigo says, it comes from learning, sharing, failing, improving, experience etc.

Alan.

Hello Irene,

From my standpoint, as happens with this methodology happens with any other.

It depends on the ability of the facilitator to deliver a great workshop or a bad experience.
And of course, a good community support to enhance practices, knowledge and examples.

So, that said, there are other activities from Lego Education (such as Six…[Read more]

Thanks for your contributions Michael and Alan.
For what you say I understand that it is legal to do so, now my concern goes a little further: if they are people who have trained well on their own and use the methodology correctly, in the end it is to expand knowledge of LSP and that it suits us all.
My concern comes from a possible bad…[Read more]