Wiro Kuipers

Dear Francesca, we are running a similar service in The Netherlands, where kids with a challenge (usually something alike autism) sort and deliver kits. We could deliver in Germany, but also at the location in The Netherlands. Anything you like. Just like Christoph we lease out anything (starter / L&I / connections / baseplates) and we sell…[Read more]

What Erik says. Apparently they focussed more on the method than on the results. And I like this quote Erik uses: “Do they stop having meetings since they have done it before?” :-) Still: when I am asked this question I sometimes convince them to still use LEGO, but there are more methods possible, so I won’t just stick to LSP but try to offer…[Read more]

The smaller the groups, the smaller the time each group needs to share their stories, the smaller the differences…

Or otherwise: show a large timer, appoint a time keeper, or use a 1, 2 or 3 minute hourglass – that runs while someone is explaining his/her model.

Hi Manon,

a few suggestions:

– work in really small groups, so you can move on – instead of waiting for several tables to finish their discussions

– do not just set up a timeline, but use a visible timer as well – so people know when they should finish and you don’t have to scream to silence them

– make the challenges really comprehensive and…[Read more]

My 2 cents, depending on excercise, mood and group:

Earned it – The Weeknd
Take it back – Ed Sheeran
Still young – The Cat Empire
Brighter than gold – The Cat Empire
Happiness – Jonathan Jeremiah
Street spirit – Radiohead
Try and make sense – MOAT
The Walker – Fitz and the Tantrums
Can’t hold us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Move on up – Curtis…[Read more]

Besides your own solutions I sometimes work together with a visual facilitator who makes visual notes based on people’s stories and the things they tell in between the lines. We print those notes and sketches right at the end of the session, so everybody can bring them back to their workingplaces. Usually it’s a nice reminder – that covers the…[Read more]

http://www.stattys.com/ do deliver those cards as well, no reason to wait for it being backed first. ;-)

Thanks all, for sharing you’re experiences, a must read for all facilitators – imho.

Thanks, Stan and Eli for sharing those cases. I’ll dive into it to see if something like you did might help my potential customer. I’ll keep you posted on their wishes, if you like.

Cheers, Wiro

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.

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.

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]

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