The Lsp Method

Have you ever run a meeting and felt like you weren't getting the best out of the people in the room? You know they have the talent and the ideas, but it wasn't coming out in the conversation. What if you could change that dynamic? Imagine a meeting where that same group of people are engaged, using their talents, and producing quality insights that drive real business outcomes. That's what the LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) Method can do. It might sound ridiculous to use a child's toy to tackle serious topics like strategy and innovation. But when a group's processes are deeply entrenched, it's hard to facilitate change. LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) provides the valuable shake-up organisations often need. In The LSP Method, expert facilitator, Michael Fearne, lays out the practical steps for you to harness this world-renowned method and run your own LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) sessions. Covering everything from key activities to customised sessions, this hands-on guide shows how this simple method can revolutionise your work.

Unleash innovation potential with creative, serious play Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® Method delivers a creative approach to enhancinginnovation and improving business performance, with the focus onunleashing play. Written by the two original Master Trainers forLEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP), the book outlines how LSP can developteams, people, relationships and business . Based on the merging ofplay with organizational development, systems thinking and strategydevelopment, LSP can foster improved meetings, faster innovationprocesses, team growth, and better communication. The belief that everyone intends to "do good" and has thepotential to do it is at the heart of LSP. The method nurtures theidea that everyone in an organization can contribute to discussionsand outcomes. Building with LEGO bricks is a type of creative playthat triggers a different kind of thought process, unleashingimagination and potential that is frequently untapped by thelogical mind. The book explains this hands-on, minds-on approach,and discusses the theory as well as the practical implementation ofLSP. Topics include: Observation of internal and external interaction dynamics Fostering a free and honest exchange of opinions Suspending hierarchy for better, more effectivecommunication Facilitating change by encouraging exploration The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method is employed by start-ups andmultinational corporations alike to maximize synergy among teamsand throughout organizations. For leaders looking to boosteffectiveness and see better results, Building a Better BusinessUsing the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method is acomprehensive introduction to this creative managementtechnique.

This 180 page full colour book will help LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) facilitators plan and deliver professional workshops. It has 44 detailed facilitation techniques from master trainer Sean Blair. The book outlines stories from 20 graduates describing what happened after their training, where they now use the method, and their tips and lessons learnt.

This 194 page colour book is Sean's 3rd book about professional facilitation of LEGO Serious Play. Detailing new techniques to achieve successful outcomes ONLINE. Including step-by-step guides, graduate stories & bonus downloads.

A novel approach to decision engineering, with a verified framework for modeling human reasoning Soft Computing Evaluation Logic provides an in-depth examination of evaluation decision problems and presents comprehensive guidance toward the use of the Logic Scoring of Preference (LSP) method in modeling complex decision criteria. Fully aligned with current developments in computational intelligence, the discussion covers the design and use of LSP criteria for evaluation and comparison in diverse areas, such as search engines, medical conditions, real estate, space management, habitat mitigation projects in ecology, and land use and residential development suitability maps, with versatile transfer to other similar decision-modeling contexts. Human decision making is rife with fuzziness, imprecision, uncertainty, and half-truths—yet humans make evaluation decisions every day. In this book, such decision processes are observed, analyzed, and modeled. The result is graded logic, a soft computing mathematical infrastructure that provides both formal logic and semantic generalizations of classical Boolean logic. Graded logic is used for logic aggregation in the context of evaluation models consistent with observable properties of human reasoning. The LSP method, based on graded logic and logic aggregation, is a vital component of an industrial-strength decision engineering framework. Thus, the book: Provides detailed theoretical background for graded logic Provides a theory of logic aggregators Explains the LSP method for designing complex evaluation criteria and their use Shows techniques for evaluation, comparison, and selection of complex systems, as well as the cost/suitability analysis, optimization, sensitivity analysis, tradeoff analysis, and missingness-tolerant aggregation Includes a survey of available LSP software tools, including ISEE, ANSY and LSP.NT. With quantitative modeling of human reasoning, novel approaches to modeling decision criteria, and a verified decision engineering framework applicable to a broad array of applications, this book is an invaluable resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working within the decision engineering realm.

This book shows how Learning Development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK's largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes important insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence, MDAI 2008, held in Sabadell, Spain, in October 2008. The 19 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited lectures were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 43 submissions; they are devoted to theory and tools for modeling decisions, as well as applications that encompass decision making processes and information fusion techniques. The papers are organized in topical sections on aggregation operators, decision making, clustering and similarity, computational intelligence and optimization, as well as data privacy.

This collection of duck activities has a strong fun element, however, we do not want it to sound like it is all just fun. There is, in fact, a wealth of solid theory that forms the basis of why we developed this stream of uses for six bricks in business and learning environments. The idea of using playful methods for a range of purposes to generate innovative thinking is not new. For centuries, people have used artifacts like totems and puppets to tell stories and share information, beliefs, and knowledge. We also know that many facilitators and trainers are using tools such as design thinking and agile methodologies where prototyping and games play an important role in the processes of thinking and creating. Whatever your goal, using 3D models is a great facilitation tool. It allows you to lead people through a process where they are able to examine their inside world and relate these lessons to their work environment. These insights then lead to opportunities for further exploration and discovery and ultimately, more productive and effective communication.