Description

The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology is a radical, innovative, experiential process designed to enhance business performance. It is based on the belief that everyone can contribute to the discussion, the decisions and the outcome. It is a facilitated meeting, communication and problem-solving process in which participants are led through a series of questions, probing deeper and deeper into the subject. Each participant builds his or her own 3D LEGO® model in response to the facilitator’s questions using specially selected LEGO® elements. These 3D models serve as a basis for group discussion, knowledge sharing, problem solving and decision making.

By using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials and methodology you will explore the relationships and connections between people and their world, observe the dynamics both internal and external, explore various hypothetical scenarios, and gain awareness of the possibilities. 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. During the facilitated meeting you will be building landscape models with LEGO® bricks, giving them meaning through story-making, and playing out various possible scenarios – a process which deepens understanding, sharpens insight, and socially “bonds” together the group as it “plays” together. The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ methodology will guide you into a free and honest exchange of opinion. The physical and tangible construction allows you to have conversations which flow without the fear of treading on personal feelings. You will experience that the real issues are addressed, and ultimately you will be able to see things through the eyes of your colleagues – and have them view the picture through yours.

Facilitator(s)

Lise is a partner and senior consultant at The Lansdowne Consulting Group where she leads the strategy, change management, engagement and facilitation practice line. She received her MBA from the Telfer School of Management and is a Certified Professional Facilitator. After several years working in academia followed by a few years as a public servant she joined xwave Bell Aliant, where she co-created a suite of methods and tools to engage people in order to improve the success rate of complex IT projects. In 2004, Lise joined Lansdowne and has worked on hundreds of contracts for clients from the private, not-for-profit and public sector at all levels of government. In 2011, Lise completed her certification in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and has applied it extensively for organizational redesign, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, complex problem solving, scenario testing, personal coaching and team building in a corporate setting as well as with varsity athletes.   Her most notable event was facilitating with a team from LEGO headquarters a 1,400 person event at the United Nations Leadership Compac last November.