legoseriousplay

Have you ever been in a situation at work where people are not communicating clearly, feel stuck, and are disengaged? What if I told you that type of situation could be turned around with...LEGO bricks!

While LEGO may have been a cherished part of your childhood, it turns out that we can still use LEGO as grown ups to improve how we work while adding more play to our work lives along the way. My guest Brandon Wetzstein is the founder of In8 Create and team performance consultant who employs a method known as LEGO Serious Play to enable teams to align and communicate more clearly, define and build culture and strategy, and use the power of metaphor to tell stories that transform how they work and achieve their goals together. 

In this episode Brandon and I talk about his journey from working in corporate operations at Fortune 100 retailers to starting his own consulting business, his early experiments bringing improv into his corporate teams. the joys of PowerPoint Karaoke, how leaders and teams can dramatically improve communications through LEGO Serious Play, stories you can tell with a LEGO duck, how just six pieces of LEGO can yield thousands of build variations, and how making conversations visual and tangible can exponentially amplify the level of communication, understanding, and alignment among groups of people. 

ABOUT OUR GUEST 

Brandon Wetzstein is an innovator, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner who enjoys finding ways in which we can be our best selves. After many years in the retail industry with multiple Fortune 100 companies, he started IN8 Create- A firm that designs and facilitates custom workshops aimed at unearthing the potential of teams and organizations.

Brandon loves to read and is especially interested in human behavior. He also enjoys cooking, gaming, being in nature, and the joy of a wonderful nap.

In8 Create 

Instagram: @in8create   

ABOUT MAKING BUSINESS ART 

Making Business Art is a podcast for curious people where we draw lessons and inspiration from creative leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, designers, and scientists about making a beautiful business and life. We have conversations about how to create a powerful connection with the people we serve while making our craft an engine for personal growth.  

This podcast is the creation of and hosted by me, Ezequiel Williams. I am an entrepreneur, innovation strategist, facilitator, and business designer. I help leaders and teams see their challenges differently and find ways to deliver value that are more desirable and satisfying for the people they serve. I am very curious and love to learn about how things work, what makes people tick, and how to create more joy in the world. 

Instagram: @MakingBusinessArt 

Florian Wieser trainiert mit dir emotionale Intelligenz und ist Fachtrainer für Lego Serious Play.

Florian über seine Mission, seine Person, seine Vergangenheit und sein schöpferisches Tun. Als vielfacher Podcast-Host (siehe unten) im spannenden Gespräch zwischen Katzen, Kinder und Kulturkollision.

Florian auf LinkedIn zukunftsbureau.org oder florianwieser.com

Spannende Podcast Formate von Florian:

followus.jetzt Gesprächen Möglichkeitsräume für neue Arbeit, neue Gesellschaft, neue Bildung und neue Lebensformen und suchen, wie das gehen könnte und was hier von ihnen und den Menschen getan werden kann. Link

"Der Possibilist" Podcast. Der Possibilist sieht die Möglichkeiten. Als Possibilist lädt Florian Menschen ein, die den Fokus darauf legen, was möglich ist. Link.

Der Pirat & Dr. Psycho Das Assoziativ-Zwiegespräch mit Wellen- und Tiefgang zwischen Pirat Flo Wiese/r & Dr. Marcus Riedel. Unternehmer-Pirat trifft auf Tiefenpsychologe. Link

PodcastZ. Stories aus den "Anlaufstellen für Zukunftsfragen", aus der Zukunftbureau-Bewegung. Link

The Serious Player Podcast. Mit LEGO Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit (be-)greifbar machen, um fit für die Arbeit der Zukunft zu sein, Link.

This conversation with Dr. Kasra (Kas) Khorasani is about a unique approach that he developed for his inpatient psychotherapy groups using LEGO Serious Play methodology.

Learn why group therapy is such a valued tool in for psychotherapy and how building with LEGO in Kas's sessions empowers further connection, allowing people to become authentic, genuine, non-judgemental, curious and kind.

Show host, C-A Granatstein also does a little building with Kas to understand the process of these sessions.

Music: Romance for Piano and Cello by Martijn de Boer (NiGiD) (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/NiGiD/50238 Ft: AT

A harbinger of curiosity and creative thinking, TEDx Speaker Van Lai-DuMone is on a mission to rewrite the way we apply creativity in the workplace and instill brave thinking in clients who are willing to disrupt traditional training methods. The Founder and Creative Strategist of worksmART Advantage talks to Vinay about how good ideas can come from any level of an organization and how, once cultivated, that can help the company culture, performance, and innovation skyrocket!       

[02:49s] Journey into what sparked her curiosity into creativity 

[05:51s] Creativity in the workplace: Buy-in from organizations   

[13:50s] On her TEDx Talk ‘What If? The Life Changing Power of Curiosity and Courage’  

[19:08s] Impact of the pandemic on creative thinking 

[26:16s] Helping former Navy Seals and Marine Rangers ask ‘What if?’  

[30:23s] Facilitating Lego® Serious Play® remotely 

[35:42s] RWL: Van Lai’s recommendation to READ ‘Rethink Creativity’ by Monica H Kang, to LISTEN ‘Leading People First’ podcast by Chris Lin

Watch Van Lai’s TEDx Talk ‘What If? The Life Changing Power of Curiosity and Courage’

Find out more her work at worksmART Advantage here https://www.worksmartadvantage.com/

Connect with Van Lai on LinkedIn

Connect with Vinay on Twitter, LinkedIn or email him at vinay@c2cod.com 

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En septembre 2020, je suis devenue la 1ère facilitatrice certifiée Lego® Serious Play® française dans le domaine des musées et du tourisme.

Vous en avez assez du stressant paperboard pour réfléchir à un projet en réunion ? Marre des powerpoint ennuyeux et des post-it au pouvoir créatif limité ?

Alors laissez parler vos mains avant votre cerveau et optez pour le lâcher prise !

Avec cette méthode d'abord business mais adaptée à chaque secteur dont la culture, chacun a la parole et décrit ses constructions. Vous déliez les langues, avancez sur vos projets, construisez des stratégies, résolvez des problèmes, prenez des décisions.

Vous savez ce Projet Scientifique et Culturel que vous peinez à rédiger ? Cette stratégie accessibilité qui n'avance pas ? Et si manipuler quelques heures les briques danoises étaient la solution ?

Demandez votre démo et imaginez votre atelier avec moi en demandant la plaquette commerciale à claire@funinmuseum.com

This week, we're talking about the value of tactile objects in your workshop and how they can help unlock great ideas, real conversations and so much more (oh and yes, this can  work virtually, too). 

I’m talking about Lego® Serious Play®. Today's guest, Michael Fearne is all about sharing the Lego® Serious Play® love with the world, and he’s even written a book about it - a book that makes it more accessible for all of us to start digging into the world of LSP.

Michael helps clients to break out of the “business as usual” dynamic and be more innovative using the awesome power of Lego® Serious Play®. That’s right Lego + Work = A More Innovative Business.

As the founder of Pivotal Play, Michael uses his experience as a professional facilitator and expertise with LEGO Serious Play to help teams to think more creatively, communicate more effectively and deliver more innovative results.

He also empowers people to use this technique themselves by coaching and guiding them, giving them the tools and the benefit of his experience so they can get the most out of their meetings.

In this conversation, Michael shares how all of us can use lego effectively during our workshops and awesome ideas on how to do so.  He describes how using something tactical can really help boost the use of metaphor, and story-sharing, and the value of having a solid routine to start each workshop.

His book, The LSP Method is also out right now! I love the practicality of the book, and how Michael even shares how you should setup the room, how to open up using the six bricks activity, so good.

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Like most of us Dave Ware went years without playing with Lego, but not many years. Maybe there was a five year window where he wasn't building with Lego. You'll have to listen to this episode about this extraordinary person and his journey from English Major to Database Architect to Lego Pro and all things in between.

Yep. Dave's a professional Lego Builder—among a myriad of other talents and professions—who looks for large, artistic projects to aim his talents at. He's got sage advice and funny stories and reveals his wish for the One Brick to Rule Them All.

Watch the video here
https://youtu.be/OJR7JZVkVFA

Links in this podcast

• Dave Ware BrickWares.com
• Nathan Sawaya BrickArtist.com 

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