Business Lego - Build your ideal land registry

I ran a Lego Serious Play session at the Registrars Of Title Conference in Edinburgh in October 2017

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1. BUSINESS LEGO Build you ideal land registry
2. Ah, lovely. A typical meeting.
3. A ‘leaning in’ 100/100 meeting
4. • Technical skills • Story telling – using three modes of communication • Bricks as metaphors • Listening with the eyes and the ears And the skills?
5. “Using ONLY the black base plate and the green and orange bricks, build a tower with a flower on top.” Challenge 1 - Technical 2:00
6. The Core Process
7. In your group's, share your models, 20 seconds each, about one breath of explanation. I’ll ting a bell every 20 seconds... Share your models 1:40
8. Reflect
9. “Chose and connect any 5 random bricks - recycle your towers.” Challenge 2 - Metaphor 0:30
10. Lego bricks as metaphor...
11. Explain this! Practicing creative thinking and using metaphors is helpful. We can give bricks any meaning we want. You don’t need sophisticated Lego technical skills, because you can make a brick mean anything you like.
12. My best friend 0:30 Go around the tables from left to right: First person : Using your model, Explain this!
13. What I dream of 0:30 Go around the tables from left to right: Using your model, Explain this!
14. Space travel 0:30 Go around the tables from left to right: Using your model, Explain this!
15. Genetic engineering 0:30 Go around the tables from left to right: Using your model, Explain this!
16. Government 0:30 Go around the tables from left to right: Using your model, Explain this!
17. Reflect You can see how you can give your bricks and your models the meaning you’d like, to explain any idea you’d like.
18. “Build a model which captures a key part or the key parts of your dream register.” Challenge 3 – The main event 5:00
19. In your group's, share your models… Share your models 5:00
20. Reflect
21. Why Lego serious play... • Enables 100% participation. • People get a chance to think before they speak. • Everyone gets a chance to share their unique insight. • Improves outgoing communication. • Improves incoming understanding. • Focuses on the message (not the messenger).
24. Questions? 5:00