StrategicPlay® FUNdamentals on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Feb 2015 (3day Facilitator Training; in English)

For whom is the training?

Everyone experienced in leading teams and facilitating workshopsand now interested in playful approaches.

What is LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® ?

Developed by LEGO® together with the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne (IMD), LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ offers unique process solutions to realize the full potential and creativity of teams. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is based on the latest knowledge about systems thinking, brain research, strategy and game development.

What are the benefits of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™?

• make complex information and abstract ideas visible and comprehensible
• design a new, clear vision shared by the team of their future, the product, brand or company etc.
• optimize your team by creating shared understanding on what matters most
• develop shared values and simple guiding principles
• "play future" and uncover with scenarios possible future developments and sustainable solutions

Where do I learn this?

In our Training StrategicPlay® FUNdamentals on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®!

The training provides the necessary knowledge and practice on how to design and facilitate workshops with the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology. What participants can expect? Three days of intensive training and experience of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, which we enrich with how to apply this method for Design Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, agile approaches or Theory U. This means a dynamic switch between theory and practical implementation and a lot of reflection by the participants. Our Promise: After the training you as a participant will be able to customize your learnings as you need it for your work and will be able to design and facilitate your own 45-minute to 1-2day workshops based on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.

Who trains it?

That’s StrategicPlay®. Through our long partnership with LEGO® and our participation in the Advisory Board for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® we verify with the other master trainers that the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® trainings are based on a uniform global standard of quality. Two of the five trainers officially acknowledged by LEGO® are from StrategicPlay®. StrategicPlay® started with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® in 2006, being LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Lead Partner and offering trainings since 2010. We offer trainings and workshops worlwide through our teams in Germany and Canada. Over the years we have consolidated and optimised our experience around best practices, designs and procedures for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®. Our StrategicPlay® Master Trainer for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, Katrin Elster, is specialised on co-creative approaches to lead teams to new solutions. She is a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Professional since 2007 and now one of only five LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® trainers worldwide officially acknowledged by LEGO®. Katrin is also trained and certified in other leading cocreation approaches like Creative Problem Solving and Design Thinking.

Interested?

Content of the StrategicPlay® FUNdamentals Training

You will learn:

• how to facilitate the rapid prototyping of mental models with LEGO®
• the principles and values of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology
• the four core steps of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
• the core LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® processes for strategy and team identity
• the (neuro)scientific background why LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® works
• the differences between „normal“ faciliation with pen and paper and the faciliation with LEGO® - and its potential pitfalls

You learn all processes and principles from the participant's perspective and from the perspective of the facilitator. So you after three intense days of training you will be able to:

• design and facilitate your own 45-minute to 1-2day workshops based on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
• benefit from the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology, to enable teams in team optimisation, retrospectives, strategy development, innovation or other complex challenges.

What is included in the Training Fee

Included:

• three days of intense training by at least one trainer
• a special learning diary for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation
• the StrategicPlay® Handbook on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (in English)
• a StrategicPlaymergency Kit
• lunch and refreshments

Quotes from Training Participants

“A 1000 thanks for a fantastic, learning-filled workshop! My head is exploding with new ideas and I know there will be more that bubble up in the coming days and weeks! I would highly recommend this training to others who are interested. It's a super-effective way to get new ideas!”

“My biggest learning in several years! The process & training rocks!”

“Necessary tool in everbody’s consulting tool kit. One of the best trainings I attended.”

“Really inspirational and motivational to see how many connections can be made when activating the 3D creation process.”

“StrategicPlay® Training is extremely useful for you as an individual as well as a benefit for your organisation.”

Find more here:

• Bruce Scharlau
• Olaf Lewitz