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Be prepared for some
SERIOUSPLAY®
• Be prepared to respond to tasks *it’ll be fun*!
• *Everybody* participates, builds and tells
• This session does not have wrong answers *just go
with the flow*!
• If you do not have the answer - be prepared to
*think with your hands*!
• Are there at least 5 people at your table?
#JWC15 #LSP
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Build and introduce yourself!
Add a few additional bricks to
minifigure and introduce
yourself to others in your
table
Who are you and why at
Joomla Annual
Conference?
Building: 1 minute
Introducing: 5 minutes
#JWC15 #LSP
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Practice sharing!
Take a photo and share it via twitter using hashtags:
#JWC15 #LSP
A great start of
#LegoSeriousPlay session
here at #JWC15 #LSP :)
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Hand-mind connection
• Body parts of homunculi
are proportionate to
respective cortex areas in
brain
• Using your hands serves
like a "search engine" of
your mind
• Fiddling with objects gets
your thoughts flowing
Homunculi of Natural History Museum
of London
#JWC15 #LSP
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Next Task - Explain this!
• Bricks can mean *anything we want!*
• Lets practice some *creative thinking!*
• Lets use *symbolic language!*
Starting clockwise from the person who sits the
closest to the stage you will each have just 30
seconds
to explain that your creature means …
#JWC15 #LSP
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Done Practicing!
We know now:
Hand mind connection
Using bricks to express ourselves
Creating metaphors
Thinking creatively about future
Story matters more than building
#JWC15 #LSP
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The rules
• When you don’t know what to build, *just start
building* - let your hands do thinking for you!
• Introduce only your model, speak only about the
models, ask questions only about the models,
discuss only the models
• Divide the tasks at your table
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP
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Assign roles at your table!
• Facilitator
leads the
discussion,
makes sure that
everybody
participates and
gets to say
• Time-keeper
keeps close eye
at clock and
paces the team
members during
building and
explaining
• Reporter
makes the
photo(s) of your
models and
posts them to
twitter with
#JWC15 #LSP
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP
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2 steps
1st step
Build a model individually
Using bricks and imagination
2nd step
Explain to your table
Using metaphors
Where will Joomla community be
in 10 years from now?
#JWC15 #LSP
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Your Individual Task
Where will Joomla
community be in 10 years
from now?
• Use 1-3 keywords as
metaphors that describe
your future model!
• Explain to the rest of your
group members
Building: 3 minutes
Explaining: 10 minutes
#JWC15 #LSP
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Rules
• Consider different perspectives of individuals
• Place the individual models together, connecting
related issues
• Come up with the joint story of your table and
reporter should tell the joint story of your team!
• Decide upon the most important action steps to
take. Be precise: “We shall …” (maximum 3!!!)
#JWC15 #LSP
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Finally: once you are finished – take a photo of
your joint building with a visible list of keywords
and share: #JWC15 #LSP
#JWC15 #LSP
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Creating Joint Vision and Action Plan
3rd step
Building a Joint Vision
To understand different perspectives
Come up with your story
4th step
Taking a commitment
What is it that our team will do?
“We shall …”
#JWC15 #LSP
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Reporting Back …
• Take a photo of your joint building with a
visible list of keywords and share: #JWC15
#LSP
• And summary:
–Lets see and hear our stories “This is how we
see the community in 10 years …”
–“To make our vision happen in 10 years we
shall do …”
#JWC15 #LSP
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