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The values of LEGO Serious Play include a belief in the potential of people, and also a belief that everyone in a company can contribute to the discussion, solutions and results.

When you as a manager have to work with complex business issues such as developing strategic plans, conflict resolution, forming and developing teams and working with turnaround and restructuring, then LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is a good method to use.

When these challenges need to be solved, you assemble teams of experts and call them to a meeting to work on the issues, but it is not always that such meetings proceed as you had imagined. Think of all the meetings you've attended over the years. Imagine how valuable it would be to the organization if all the participants, when they leave the meeting room, feel:

• that their ideas were heard and everyone's knowledge was brought into play.
• that everyone is completely on board and confident about what happened at the meeting.
• that what was decided at the meeting can really be done and will make a difference right now.
• that each participant feels a greater commitment to get on board with their work and make choices in accordance with what was decided, because the meetings have also created a social obligation and increased sense of shared responsibility.

Unfortunately, in far too many real-life situations, employees do not leave such meetings with a sense of what was just described. Too much energy, too many ideas and too many opportunities are lost with the result that people feel less motivated, not involved, and not taken seriously.

LEGO Serious Play takes on this very challenge. It is a language, communication tool and problem-solving method that is based on the belief that everyone can contribute to the discussion, the decisions, and not least to the result.

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Description of the tool