There are several reasons for this. The objections usually voiced are that meetings/seminars last too long, are uninteresting, and often dominated by a handfull of individuals who don’t let anyone else get a word in, which demotivates all the other participants, leaving them feeling excluded and disregarded. The truth is that each individual in an organization can contribute to a discussion, the resolving of a problem, and to the results achieved.

One of the ways to overcome this problem is the introduction of Lego Serious Play blocks and communication tools in a discussion.

The use of LEGO bricks simply enables you to take a speedy shortcut to the core. The bricks work as a catalyst and when used for building metaphors, they trigger processes that you were previously unaware of, engaging 100% attention and participation.

Building landscape models with LEGO bricks, giving them meaning through storymaking, and playing-out various possible scenarios, deepens understanding, sharpens insight, and socially “bonds” together the group who “plays” together. Participants come away with increased confidence and more committed to the shared and common goals.

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY builds on a REAL TIME process, which begins with the “right now”. It draws in relevant parts of the past and integrates this with the future hopes, aspirations and fears of everyone in the room. It is brought to the process to find out what can and should be done today. Being better at “now” results in being better prepared for challenges and opportunities in the future.

Traditional business tools typically analyze the past and speculate about the future. The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY products incorporate elements from the past and future and test them through scenarios in Real Time to achieve improved decision making immediately.

Participants come away with skills to communicate more effectively, to engage their imaginations more readily, and to approach their work with increased confidence, commitment and insight.

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY taps into the human ability to imagine – to describe and make sense of the business at hand, to initiate change and improvement, and even to create something radicially new.

The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY programs are being used at companies worldwide that are looking for innovative ways to increase the commitment, confidence and insight of their executives, managers and employees. The programs are in use for a broad range of purposes, including:

• Strategy development and exploration

Examine and evaluate relations to external partners and clients.

• Organizational development

For management, teams and individual employees.

• Innovation and product development

Unleash creative thinking and transform ideas into concrete concepts.

• Change management

Facilitate and implement structural changes
Experience shows great relevance of the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method in other areas such as Scenario development and testing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Branding, Leadership and Team Development, Turnaround & Restructuring, Market Entry, Operational Efficiency and Competitive Analysis.

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