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UPCOMING EVENT:

MARCH 17, 2018

FACILITATING TEAM FORMATION AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM BUILDING for LEAN AND CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS: A WORSHOP using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® METHODS AND MATERIALS

This session introduces facilitation LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methods and materials for forming, developing and norming teams that work as LEAN STARTUPS, AGILE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS, STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAMS and SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAMS.

Bring the best out of every member of your using LEGO SERIOUS PLAY both in forming the team and then engaging in innovative work as a creative, problem-solving team.

This one-day introduction will cover the basics of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY skill building, create a model cross-functional team, and then apply the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method in a simple project planning team exercise, using a visual template, such as the LEAN CANVAS or a CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP.

All LEGO materials will be provided for the day; optional individual LEGO SERIOUS PLAY kits for post-session work will be available (see option below to pre-order a kit). Additional kits will be provided for at the workshop if desired.

Time: FULL-DAY SESSION: March 17, 2017 – 9:00AM – 4:00PM (1/2 hour LUNCH BREAK)

Location: Hyatt Centric® Hotel in Arlington, VA (Washington DC area: the hotel is next to the Rosslyn Metro Station)

Cost includes all materials required for the workshop (see note below regarding refunds); additional options for LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Starter kits for personal use available.

Lunch is not included; quick options are available in the hotel and there are many other nearby options within a block.

About LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY invites you to think with your hands, listen with your eyes, and experience a kinesthetic/visual thinking/storytelling approach that completely engages meeting participants in a fun, all-hands-in way. It brings together visual thinking, the power of storytelling, and systems thinking while creating shared understanding and getting your group to consensus.

This method is ideal for small group facilitation and can be applied to many kinds of facilitated engagements including:

• TEAM FORMATION AND BUILDING

• CHANGE MANAGEMENT

• PROCESS MANAGEMENT

• ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• BUSINESS MODELING (BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS, LEAN CANVAS), CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAPPING AND SERVICE DESIGN/SYSTEMS

• HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN/DESIGN THINKING/INNOVATION WORK

• AGILE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT, AGILE TRANSFORMATION and AGILE CEREMONIES

• LEAN STARTUP, HOSHIN KANRI AND OTHER LEAN PRACTICES

• STRATEGIC SCENARIO PLANNING AND STRATEGY DESIGN

About this Workshop

This session is an introduction to facilitating LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methods and materials for forming, developing and norming teams, followed by a simple team activity for group design and decision-making using design-thinking and/or LEAN visual templates. It will be completely participatory: every attendee will be using LEGO bricks to build 3-dimensional embodied metaphors and then tell the stories of the models they build. In this workshop run by Dean Meyers, certified facilitator in LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methods and materials, you will experience first-hand how this method is both fun and can have great impact.

Even if you’ve never touched a LEGO® brick before, you will gain an understanding of the core process of LEGO Serious Play, where every participant contributes and is heard.

This session is perfect for leaders, managers, facilitators, consultants and practitioners who work with or support cross-functional teams. The methodology can be used to fast-track team communication and shared goals, and/or align and synchronize teams who are going through a transformation or change in personnel. In this session, we’ll begin with basic skills using LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methods and materials and then model early team formation, establishment of core values, co-create simple guiding principles, team identity, and practice team-building and running a group activity through Serious Play.

Each participant will receive a personal LEGO SERIOUS PLAY 49-piece Explorer kit for their own use.