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Serious Work: How to Facilitate Lego(r) Serious Play(r) Meetings and Workshops
LEGO® Serious Play® is thriving. How is it that a child's toy, has become a serious strategy tool used by some of the worlds best known organisations? And what might be the relevance of this method in your work? LEGO® Serious Play® is the result of 15 years development. A powerful method to solve problems, explore ideas and achieve objectives based on management theory using a toy.
Serious Work enables readers to understand what LEGO® Serious Play® is and how it works. This practical and well designed workbook helps people have better meetings; it shows how LEGO® Serious Play® is used in five common kinds of meeting and workshop, enabling improvement in communication, collaboration and outcomes.
It is intended for people who run meetings. Leaders, managers, facilitators and coaches who are seeking ways to help teams work-together well, will find this book especially helpful.
Readers who are interested in or responsible for coaching, problem solving, visioning, team building or strategy will find the ideas challenge conventional meeting norms (thankfully) and offer a different and better way to achieve great meeting outcomes .
The book offers case studies, step-by-step guides and templates from a range of common applications that you can download and adapt to your own needs.
Our hope is this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to try basic LEGO® Serious Play® techniques before learning more.
The book features advice and case studies from nine other respected LEGO® Serious Play® facilitators from countries including USA, Singapore, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, and China. List of Patrizia Bertini, Eli De Friend, Mercedes Hoss, Camilla Jensen, Oliver Knapman, Kim Pong Lim, Kristina Nyzell, Dieter Reuther and Maria Stashenko.
Serious Work enables readers to understand what LEGO® Serious Play® is and how it works. This practical and well designed workbook helps people have better meetings; it shows how LEGO® Serious Play® is used in five common kinds of meeting and workshop, enabling improvement in communication, collaboration and outcomes.
It is intended for people who run meetings. Leaders, managers, facilitators and coaches who are seeking ways to help teams work-together well, will find this book especially helpful.
Readers who are interested in or responsible for coaching, problem solving, visioning, team building or strategy will find the ideas challenge conventional meeting norms (thankfully) and offer a different and better way to achieve great meeting outcomes .
The book offers case studies, step-by-step guides and templates from a range of common applications that you can download and adapt to your own needs.
Our hope is this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to try basic LEGO® Serious Play® techniques before learning more.
The book features advice and case studies from nine other respected LEGO® Serious Play® facilitators from countries including USA, Singapore, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, and China. List of Patrizia Bertini, Eli De Friend, Mercedes Hoss, Camilla Jensen, Oliver Knapman, Kim Pong Lim, Kristina Nyzell, Dieter Reuther and Maria Stashenko.
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March 3, 2017
Practical book for starting lego-serious play facilitators.. read building better business models and this and you are all set... see my review here below (it was in dutch, but using google translate )
I recently read two books about Lego Serious Play (LSP), and I wanted to share with you. They are quite different books for different audiences, although the facilitator both interesting.
Building Better Business Models Lego Serious Play concentrates on the history and theoretical basis of the LSP process, while Serious Work particularly practical tools for starting LSP facilitator.
Lego sets lsp
Building Better Business Models is written by Per Kristiansen and Robert Rasmussen. They came into contact with LSP when it was in crisis (as the parent company). Somewhere was the obvious potential, but it did not really work yet. The principles were developed at a Swiss university and adopted by Lego, but something was wrong.
After much experimenting with many sample bags found out what was missing. First, the building skills had to be developed in a workshop. (See my report of an LSP Love Workshop by Edwin Fox) before the more difficult questions could be asked.
The next challenge was to grow it further. Were first given only certified people to needed materials. But in 2003 they decided to go open source with the method. There was also a nice open source manual .
The book also discusses the theoretical underpinnings. Kristensen and Rasmussen mainly see joining constructivism. It states that the only reality is a social construct, so that you can build. They connect this with the theory of constructivist learning from the South African Seymour Papart . By precisely explicitly looking to go to that constructions creating learning and understanding.
Also, we look at the other intelligence building engages with the hands. I think this are better books available. By focusing on LSP, and the power of the method, for example, the theory of multiple intelligences overlooked. For some, it works only good for others are again another.
Practically, the book is not real, but good examples are quoted on the LSP has proved its strength. This may well be drawn from when a client yet what startled by the playfulness of Lego.
Lsp serious work
Serious Work Marko Rillo and Sean Blair is a very different book. It's just new, and builds on by the Open Source Manual. It places the core process (Q, build, share, reflect) in the context of other workshops.
And this is really happening at the level of the novice facilitator. Well explains the position of the facilitator, and also refers to the six basic skills of the IAF, the professional association as a basis for quality. This is reinforced by the delivery of several templates to download. These have been developed with the Serious Play Pro community where the authors also behind a driving force.
For the experienced facilitator is the second part more interesting, this is about practical applications. Wherein the first book was mainly looked at how the impact was on the organization, it shall be investigated how to give practical questions in a Lego workshop form. Highly I found the video below, which shows making a hyper lapse of the LSP workshop 6 hours 75 seconds, to show how it is really.
The book is meant to instruct the simpler forms of Lego Serious Play: The individual building and reflect on the structures. Also, the assembling of a shared model is discussed. Reference is made to the courses offered as making a system, and the use of more future scenarios - for more advanced activities.
I thought it myself a very nice book, even though I felt ugly font (trying to be playful), with some concrete examples and tools, and building on what is already there, without wanting to repeat that. Personally, I would be interested in a follow-up book, which just goes on systemic elements. (There are also people who use it properly especially for setups). Online extras are a bonus.
I recently read two books about Lego Serious Play (LSP), and I wanted to share with you. They are quite different books for different audiences, although the facilitator both interesting.
Building Better Business Models Lego Serious Play concentrates on the history and theoretical basis of the LSP process, while Serious Work particularly practical tools for starting LSP facilitator.
Lego sets lsp
Building Better Business Models is written by Per Kristiansen and Robert Rasmussen. They came into contact with LSP when it was in crisis (as the parent company). Somewhere was the obvious potential, but it did not really work yet. The principles were developed at a Swiss university and adopted by Lego, but something was wrong.
After much experimenting with many sample bags found out what was missing. First, the building skills had to be developed in a workshop. (See my report of an LSP Love Workshop by Edwin Fox) before the more difficult questions could be asked.
The next challenge was to grow it further. Were first given only certified people to needed materials. But in 2003 they decided to go open source with the method. There was also a nice open source manual .
The book also discusses the theoretical underpinnings. Kristensen and Rasmussen mainly see joining constructivism. It states that the only reality is a social construct, so that you can build. They connect this with the theory of constructivist learning from the South African Seymour Papart . By precisely explicitly looking to go to that constructions creating learning and understanding.
Also, we look at the other intelligence building engages with the hands. I think this are better books available. By focusing on LSP, and the power of the method, for example, the theory of multiple intelligences overlooked. For some, it works only good for others are again another.
Practically, the book is not real, but good examples are quoted on the LSP has proved its strength. This may well be drawn from when a client yet what startled by the playfulness of Lego.
Lsp serious work
Serious Work Marko Rillo and Sean Blair is a very different book. It's just new, and builds on by the Open Source Manual. It places the core process (Q, build, share, reflect) in the context of other workshops.
And this is really happening at the level of the novice facilitator. Well explains the position of the facilitator, and also refers to the six basic skills of the IAF, the professional association as a basis for quality. This is reinforced by the delivery of several templates to download. These have been developed with the Serious Play Pro community where the authors also behind a driving force.
For the experienced facilitator is the second part more interesting, this is about practical applications. Wherein the first book was mainly looked at how the impact was on the organization, it shall be investigated how to give practical questions in a Lego workshop form. Highly I found the video below, which shows making a hyper lapse of the LSP workshop 6 hours 75 seconds, to show how it is really.
The book is meant to instruct the simpler forms of Lego Serious Play: The individual building and reflect on the structures. Also, the assembling of a shared model is discussed. Reference is made to the courses offered as making a system, and the use of more future scenarios - for more advanced activities.
I thought it myself a very nice book, even though I felt ugly font (trying to be playful), with some concrete examples and tools, and building on what is already there, without wanting to repeat that. Personally, I would be interested in a follow-up book, which just goes on systemic elements. (There are also people who use it properly especially for setups). Online extras are a bonus.
March 15, 2020
A good practical guide to the Lego Serious Play (LSP) facilitation method. This book provides useful examples, case studies and tips that can be readily adapted and implemented, especially for practitioners who are at the early stage of their LSP journey. It complements very well the book “Building a Better Business using the Lego Serious Play Method” by Per Kristainsen & Robert Rasmussen (the founders of LSP) as well as the material provided during the LSP certification program. A recommended read for LSP facilitators.
April 2, 2018
Inspiring book that should help to get into the topic. Lot of case studies and detailed workshop designs are included (plus links to download templates). Negative: some parts read like an advertisement for training and certification courses.
July 4, 2019
Excellent, practical, and inspiring.
As a workshop facilitator and having completed graduate studies in Adult Education, I’m often on the lookout for useful approaches to promoting and enhancing the learning experience.
By sharing their approaches so graciously in this self-published book, Sean and Marko offer a career’s worth of insights in just a few pages.
I’m consciously incompetent and am keenly awaiting my chance to move up the Confidence scale. Thanks to Sean and Marko, I’m much more likely to achieve this vision.
Good work gents!
As a workshop facilitator and having completed graduate studies in Adult Education, I’m often on the lookout for useful approaches to promoting and enhancing the learning experience.
By sharing their approaches so graciously in this self-published book, Sean and Marko offer a career’s worth of insights in just a few pages.
I’m consciously incompetent and am keenly awaiting my chance to move up the Confidence scale. Thanks to Sean and Marko, I’m much more likely to achieve this vision.
Good work gents!
April 17, 2019
Sharing kisi-kisi modul di buku ini cukup membantu memberikan gambaran mengenai proses yang terjadi ketika sedang memfasilitasi proses LEGO Serious Play. Tapi tidak terlalu detail diceritakan (tingkat 2 dan 3 tidak detail) dan rasanya masih tetap seperti iklan. Pemaparannya cukup jelas dan bisa dijadikan langkah awal semisalnya mau mengembangkan konsep serupa di tempat kerja.
January 9, 2018
Somebody's PowerPoint slide show turned into a book. Big pictures make a nice children's book, but the fonts are way too diverse to make for a pleasant read. And the most used letter is probably the trade mark symbol.
January 3, 2018
Definitely the best book out there on Lego Serious Play. Worth the read if you are a leader in a creative field or are involved in facilitation.
June 21, 2021
This is a beautiful book because of the layout, coloured pictures and comfortable font size for reading.
This is a super book for lego serious play facilitation, and offers great tips designing a facilitation session, along with real-world examples from the authors and other facilitiators. I like the way they have explicitly mentioned dos and donts for every activity.
I will visit this book often in future.
This book is a must read for those interested in designing training and group facilitation sessions.
This is a super book for lego serious play facilitation, and offers great tips designing a facilitation session, along with real-world examples from the authors and other facilitiators. I like the way they have explicitly mentioned dos and donts for every activity.
I will visit this book often in future.
This book is a must read for those interested in designing training and group facilitation sessions.
November 19, 2021
Esta bien como introducción al tema.
July 28, 2022
Very good overview, lots of photos and helpful tips.
August 4, 2019
Colorful book with lots of practical tips. Could have been shorter though.
My take-aways:
- Set meeting objectives through action verbs
- Focus only on your model when you tell your story.
- Use a table cloth (preferably black) to prevent loss of material
- Build a model that shows something others don't know about you.
- Match sticky notes and pens so that only 20 words are possible. Allow no more explanation than those 20 words.
Now that I think of it, this is not a lot of learning for a 248-page book. But there are lots of additional resources available for download at http://serious.global (a - very simple - registration is required).
My take-aways:
- Set meeting objectives through action verbs
- Focus only on your model when you tell your story.
- Use a table cloth (preferably black) to prevent loss of material
- Build a model that shows something others don't know about you.
- Match sticky notes and pens so that only 20 words are possible. Allow no more explanation than those 20 words.
Now that I think of it, this is not a lot of learning for a 248-page book. But there are lots of additional resources available for download at http://serious.global (a - very simple - registration is required).
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