Welcome toWelcome to

LEGO Serious Play!LEGO Serious Play!

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Our Purpose• To get to know each

other better

• To explore what value

we add as Plannerswe add as Planners

• To have fun!

The Iceberg

Why use LEGO?Why use LEGO?

Explore ideas togetherExplore ideas together

Serve as a catalyst for discussionServe as a catalyst for discussion

Use our imaginationUse our imagination

Find better ways to do thingsFind better ways to do things

Insight

ConfidenceConfidence

Commitment

It’s a Journey

Our Ground Rules

• Allow each person time to tell their

story without interruption

• One person speaks at a time• One person speaks at a time

• Respect each others’ views

• Keep to our timing

• Any others to add?

No more ‘Lonely Guy’No more ‘Lonely Guy’

Build a Tower

Tell the story

of your tower!of your tower!

Questions

• What did you gain from that activity?

• How did you feel when the additional

factor of having to make your towerfactor of having to make your tower

lean was added to the activity?

• Did you look for ideas from others in

the team?

QuizHow many different ways can you

combine six LEGO bricks (two by

four stud) of the same colour?

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Let our

hands

do the do the

thinking

Adapt your Tower

So it represents an

element of your

personality or an personality or an

attribute that you

bring to CompanyX

Tell the story

of your modelof your model

Debrief•Have we learned new things about

our colleagues?

•How did you feel about adapting the

model and creating metaphors?model and creating metaphors?

Build a new model

of one aspect of

what our Clients what our Clients

think of

Company X

Tell the story

of your modelof your model

Choose 14 LEGO

Elements

Build anything you like!

2 minutes – build with passion

EXPLAIN

THIS!THIS!

We can all

think on our

feet!feet!

It’s a Journey

Build a quality that a

good planner offers

clients

• A Value?• A Value?

• A belief?

• An attitude?

• Make sure that your model can

be moved in one piece

Tell the story

of your modelof your model

What is the unique

quality described quality described

by your model?

A LEGO Super StoryA LEGO Super Story

Place the elements

in the centre of in the centre of

the table

Build the Team

Super-Story

Place the models

in relation to

each other

Merge our Two

Super-Stories

How will we come to a landscape which tells the

story of how we feel about landscape which tells the

story of how we feel about the qualities a good planner

brings to clients?

It’s a JourneyIt’s a Journey

Set Commitments•What actions will

I commit to as a result of today?

•We will return •We will return these to you further along our journey!

Let’s continue Let’s continue

our LEGO our LEGO our LEGO our LEGO

Journey!Journey!

Thank You!