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Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method
Unleash innovation potential with creative, serious play Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method delivers a creative approach to enhancing innovation and improving business performance, with the focus on unleashing play. Written by the two original Master Trainers for LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP), the book outlines how LSP can develop teams, people, relationships and business . Based on the merging of play with organizational development, systems thinking and strategy development, LSP can foster improved meetings, faster innovation processes, team growth, and better communication. The belief that everyone intends to "do good" and has the potential to do it is at the heart of LSP. The method nurtures the idea that everyone in an organization can contribute to discussions and outcomes. Building with LEGO bricks is a type of creative play that triggers a different kind of thought process, unleashing imagination and potential that is frequently untapped by the logical mind. The book explains this hands-on, minds-on approach, and discusses the theory as well as the practical implementation of LSP. Topics The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method is employed by start-ups and multinational corporations alike to maximize synergy among teams and throughout organizations. For leaders looking to boost effectiveness and see better results, Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method is a comprehensive introduction to this creative management technique.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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August 18, 2014
Kristiansen and Rasmussen have a good grasp on facilitation and how and why one would use this hands on approach. Unfortunately, most of the book is on how they got where they are, the history behind LEGO and LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, as well as the research behind it and they provide very little on the method or tips for using it.
April 26, 2015
This is a very nice book if you want to know more about the "what" and "why" of the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method. However, if you're looking for the "how" (i.e: practical information, examples, detailed ways of putting it into practice) then this is not for you: the provided examples are really light and don't go into any amount of detail.
May 26, 2019
Great overview of a very fascinating facilitation technique.
This is a great resource for workshop facilitators and coaches of various stages. The benefits of the book are not limited to its explanation of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY ® methodology. Its benefits also include a fantastic review of the neuroscience of learning, flow, and imagination.
I recommend this to anyone who coaches or facilitates.
Michael
This is a great resource for workshop facilitators and coaches of various stages. The benefits of the book are not limited to its explanation of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY ® methodology. Its benefits also include a fantastic review of the neuroscience of learning, flow, and imagination.
I recommend this to anyone who coaches or facilitates.
Michael
July 6, 2015
First part of the book is very interesting and it explains the foundations of lego serios play.
Second part which describes imagination, creativity, flow and other important concepts that can be reflected while Lego are also interesting.
Third of the book, which explains how companies, hospitals, schools and other profit and non profit organizations have tried Lego is useless to me.
Second part which describes imagination, creativity, flow and other important concepts that can be reflected while Lego are also interesting.
Third of the book, which explains how companies, hospitals, schools and other profit and non profit organizations have tried Lego is useless to me.
February 22, 2017
A good book about the theoretical background of the great lego serious play method, it shows the background, from the accidental discovery to the flow and constructivism. Furthermore it shows why and where the power of the method lies. It is not a practical book however, for that there are other books, like serious work, and the open source manual lego serious play itself produces.
March 31, 2015
A pretty good overview of Serious Play but a really frustrating book all the same. it felt like it had been written chapter by chapter by different authors and in need of some serious editing (especially at the beginning - which probably should have been an appendix).
January 30, 2018
Mér finnst ekki gaman að segja frá þessu en þessi bók er vandræðalega slöpp.
February 11, 2018
This book confirmed that it is indeed an interesting methodology. But in terms of content it felt like a convoluted, book-long justification instead of an invitation to try the method itself.
April 17, 2019
Bukunya menjelaskan "kenapa" metode ini bermanfaat, tapi tidak menjelaskan "bagaimana" caranya. Rasanya seperti membaca iklan yang sangat mendetail untuk ikut program pelatihan dan sertifikasi LEGO Serious Play. Ya nggak apa-apa sih, cukup sesuai juga dengan judul bukunya.
April 12, 2019
It's not a hands on manual. It depitches the theories about Lego Seriuos Play and it's interesting.
March 3, 2015
BUILDING a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method will definitely capture the attention of Lego fans. However, the book taps on an innovative way of approaching creativity that can help to improve one’s business, and not merely play with Lego.
This book is based on research carried out by two of the original Lego Serious Play master trainers, namely Mr Per Kristiansen and Mr Robert Rasmussen (we interviewed Mr Rasmussen for our Management 360 (M360) Web Portal: http://m360.sim.edu.sg).
The chapters are broken down from the introduction to the application of Lego Serious Play. I do wish that the images were in colour instead of black-and-white as they seem to have lost their impact. This is a waste as there are creative approaches to representing good leadership for example, using various Lego pieces that the authors have included. However, as they are in black and white, one does not get the full effect.
Another little thing that I would change is the formatting of the text. Somehow, the text does not flow easily, making it difficult to read.
The writing however makes up for all these little nitpicks. The authors use simple language and seem to be encouraging the readers on the methods they are using. This may be why the methods have been successfully used by various industry players worldwide.
The book is mostly about their journey and research but seems to come up a little short about how this ‘innovative hands-on and minds-on approach’ can improve one’s business performance.
I would still recommend this book to small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) to better understand how Lego Serious Play works and how to benefit from it. In particular, the enterprises looking at progressing to the next level, especially the medium enterprises aspiring to become large organisations should contemplate using these techniques as a means to catapult them to the next level of creativity and innovation.
http://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/...
Copyright © 2015 Singapore Institute of Management
This book is based on research carried out by two of the original Lego Serious Play master trainers, namely Mr Per Kristiansen and Mr Robert Rasmussen (we interviewed Mr Rasmussen for our Management 360 (M360) Web Portal: http://m360.sim.edu.sg).
The chapters are broken down from the introduction to the application of Lego Serious Play. I do wish that the images were in colour instead of black-and-white as they seem to have lost their impact. This is a waste as there are creative approaches to representing good leadership for example, using various Lego pieces that the authors have included. However, as they are in black and white, one does not get the full effect.
Another little thing that I would change is the formatting of the text. Somehow, the text does not flow easily, making it difficult to read.
The writing however makes up for all these little nitpicks. The authors use simple language and seem to be encouraging the readers on the methods they are using. This may be why the methods have been successfully used by various industry players worldwide.
The book is mostly about their journey and research but seems to come up a little short about how this ‘innovative hands-on and minds-on approach’ can improve one’s business performance.
I would still recommend this book to small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) to better understand how Lego Serious Play works and how to benefit from it. In particular, the enterprises looking at progressing to the next level, especially the medium enterprises aspiring to become large organisations should contemplate using these techniques as a means to catapult them to the next level of creativity and innovation.
http://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/...
Copyright © 2015 Singapore Institute of Management
May 20, 2021
I was looking for the how, but found a lot of whys (and why-nots). The whole book could be summarized into a Nike slogan: Just do it!
However, I did take some notes that will be useful for me in the future:
- Each participant must start with a set of bricks identical with everyone else’s sets. Mobile phones are off.
- The facilitator asks a question with many possible answers. The method is used to unlock and construct new knowledge, not to convey someone’s answer or knowledge.
- Everyone participates in every phase. The participants should come to see the brick as a metaphor.
- When you don't know what to build, start building anyway. Using the hand initiates ideas that will not come by thinking alone. Don’t have a planning meeting with yourself about what to build. If you can’t build it with the bricks, build it with your words.
- The builder(s) own(s) the model, its meaning and its story. Question the LEGO model and its story—not the person(s).
However, I did take some notes that will be useful for me in the future:
- Each participant must start with a set of bricks identical with everyone else’s sets. Mobile phones are off.
- The facilitator asks a question with many possible answers. The method is used to unlock and construct new knowledge, not to convey someone’s answer or knowledge.
- Everyone participates in every phase. The participants should come to see the brick as a metaphor.
- When you don't know what to build, start building anyway. Using the hand initiates ideas that will not come by thinking alone. Don’t have a planning meeting with yourself about what to build. If you can’t build it with the bricks, build it with your words.
- The builder(s) own(s) the model, its meaning and its story. Question the LEGO model and its story—not the person(s).
May 14, 2015
A little too much business-speak for my tastes (yes, I know it's a business book, but that doesn't mean we need all the buzzwords, and I was hoping for something that was more easily transferable to the educational environment) but overall, good insights and structure for using the Serious Play method. If you're interested in using Serious Play in Education, I would suggest using this book in conjunction with James' and Brookfield's Engaging Imagination (which contains a section on Serious Play applied to the higher education environment).
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February 25, 2016Nice book presenting the concept, some of its principles and how they created it. It could have been cool to have more insider view of the method itself. Nice read any way! :)
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