• 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?

  • 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

  • Hi Gonzalo,
    I think I understand perhaps part of your problem. Many clients see LSP as a fun thing to do that facilitates a discussion about work in a fun way and supports team-building. I don’t know whether it is through simplistic journalistic coverage or practitioners elevators pitches, but clients often think that, if they need help developing…[Read more]

  • Hi Gonzalo,

    Originally, LSP was a strategy development tool and Simple Guiding Principles (SGPs) were some of if not THE core outputs of the process.

    Uncovering and building SGPs used to be part of the standard facilitator training. In 4 days we covered everything. But in those days, the assumption was that the participants were already…[Read more]

  • Hi Gonzalo,

    Originally, LSP was a strategy development tool and Simple Guiding Principles (SGPs) were some of if not THE core outputs of the process.

    Uncovering and building SGPs used to be part of the standard facilitator training. In 4 days we covered everything. But in those days, the assumption was that the participants were already…[Read more]

  • Hi Gonzalo,

    Originally, LSP was a strategy development tool and Simple Guiding Principles (SGPs) were some of if not THE core outputs of the process.

    Uncovering and building SGPs used to be part of the standard facilitator training. In 4 days we covered everything. But in those days, the assumption was that the participants were already…[Read more]

  • Hi Monica,
    Could I suggest a different approach to your question. In my experience, 4 hours is the absolute minimum required to achieve any semblance of shared understanding/agreement on a given subject. Most companies require multiple workshops of variable duration of 1 or 2 days in order to achieve a sustainable impact.
    So, if you just want to…[Read more]

  • 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

  • Serious Work book is now published also in German language via German Amazon.de bookshop as: Meetings und Workshops mit der LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Methode Moderieren

    Many thanks to Jens Droge for his enthusiasm to

  • Yellow LEGO ducks that have been used frequently during LEGO Serious Play workshops as warmup skills building exercises are often difficult to find. Therefore it was a nice surprise when one of our community

  • Hi Karine, what types of interviews do yo have in mind. There are many examples of interviews using LEGO Serious Play methodology in our case study collection:
    – Omar Bermudez used it for job interviews: http://seriousplaypro.com/2013/08/26/lego-serious-play-at-a-job-interview/
    – also Marc Vandyck did the same:…[Read more]

  • Creative Research Journal published this article by Dirk J. Primus and Stephan Sonnenburg on Flow experience relations with LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology.

    Abstract

    The flow experience can be an important

  • Reflective Practice journal published this article written by Mary Anne Peabody and Susan Noyes focusing on LEGO SERIOUS PLAY use in higher education classrooms.

    Abstract

    This qualitative study

  • Jonathan Gall and Werner Puchert have recorded an interview with LSP facilitator Michel Cloosterman about his experience as a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY professional: Unlocking human potential one brick at a time. Download

  • Australian IT News Portal has written this piece about LEGO Serious Play case at ANZ.

    Forget the hype around the hundreds of millions invested in start-up hubs and incubators by Australian banks.

    If you want

  • A University of Lethbridge professor is looking for people to participate in a research study where they will get the opportunity to learn about the LEGO®SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation method and use it to work th

  • The following blog post was written on ANZ Bluenotes website by Melissa Currie, Visual Production Editor, bluenotes here.

    You probably wouldn’t blink an eyelid upon hearing a revolutionary organisation has bui

  • The following news was published at MRweb website about the services of one of our community members Karen Lynch.

    US-based behavioral research firm InsightsNow is rolling out a qualitative approach called

  • Why would you need to know about the copyrights of LEGO Serious Play?
    Over the years I have received sad e-mails from some facilitators who told me that they were approached by their aggressive competitors. They

  • Hi Werner,

    I believe that Marko is managing the Slack Channel. When it was first set up, I was unaware of what Slack was and when it was explained to me, I felt that it did not reflect my working habits. So I have stayed away. For communication with the seriousplaypro community, I use this WordPress-based site. For bi-lateral asynchronous…[Read more]

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