Rory OConnor — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:37:09 GMT

Jess

I spend most of my time facilitating serious play with my clients. As a practicioner of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY(check out www.legoseriousplay.com), I have seen the power of play work in organisations again and again. The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY concept works on the basis of making the abstract (complex ideas or problems) concrete by getting the participants to construct LEGO representations. See the Heath Bros book Made to Stick to learn more about making the abstract concrete.

The process LEGO SERIOUS PLAY enables you to explore relationships and connections between people and their worlds in enlightning ways. During the process you can get the participants to observe both internal and external dynamics, explore and test various scenarios and guickly gain an awareness of a variety of possibilities that are open to them

During the play participants will communicate more effectively and engage their imaginations more readily . This tends to allow for taking dialogues to deeper levels as well as short-cutting to the real issues and new knowledge.

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is a process for groups and teams. It is a facilitated process based on the latest science about how our mind works. The common language – the bricks – treats everyone as equals and allows for everyones imput to be heard. We have found it extremely powerful and a valuable tool for those that are willing to try it. I agree with Kes though, the more stuffy companies and perhaps the ones that need these types of tools the most are unlikely to take the risk. As we say you need a Coreageaous manager that has a complex problem to solve. Anybody intrested in the science of serious play LEGO have nice PDF booklet outlining how it works. Contact me through my website if your intrested.

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Rory

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