LEGO® Serious Play® — For Managers.
Solve Your Business Challenges Playfully & with Fun!
Condensed version of my LSP presentation for managers & C-level.
LEGO® Serious Play® is a structured, facilitated method. It answers questions rephrasing the business topics. The models built and their stories shared by the builders are the answers. It is a playful and still serious way to create new insights and to develop innovative ideas.
Serious Work How to Facilitate Meetings and Workshops Using the LEGO® SERIOUS...Marko Rillo
Free preview of the book "Serious Work How to Facilitate Meetings and Workshops Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method"
Authors: Sean Blair and Marko Rillo. Published in 2016 by ProMeet.
LEGO® Serious Play® is thriving. How is it that a child's toy, has become a serious strategy tool used by some of the worlds best-known organizations? And what might be the relevance of this method in your work? LEGO® Serious Play® is the result of 15 years development. A powerful method to solve problems, explore ideas and achieve objectives based on management theory using a toy.
Serious Work enables readers to understand what LEGO® Serious Play® is and how it works. This practical and well-designed workbook helps people have better meetings; it shows how LEGO® Serious Play® is used in five common kinds of meeting and workshop, enabling improvement in communication, collaboration and outcomes.
It is intended for people who run meetings. Leaders, managers, facilitators, and coaches who are seeking ways to help teams work-together well, will find this book especially helpful.
Readers who are interested in or responsible for coaching, problem-solving, visioning, team building or strategy will find the ideas challenge conventional meeting norms (thankfully) and offer a different and better way to achieve great meeting outcomes.
The book offers case studies, step-by-step guides, and templates from a range of common applications that you can download and adapt to your own needs.
Our hope is this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to try basic LEGO® Serious Play® techniques before learning more.
The book features advice and case studies from nine other respected LEGO® Serious Play® facilitators from countries including USA, Singapore, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, and China. List of co-authors: Patrizia Bertini, Eli De Friend, Mercedes Hoss, Camilla Jensen, Oliver Knapman, Kim Pong Lim, Kristina Nyzell, Dieter Reuther and Maria Stashenko.
This is a preview of the book that was published in 2016. Purchase your full paperback copy via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0995664706/?tag=seriousplay-20 or in eBook format directly via Serious.Global website: http://serious.global/learn/book/
Attend the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator certification training with the authors of the book. Marko Rillo training: http://markorillo.com/lego-serious-play/serious-play-training/ or Sean Blair training: http://serious.global/learn/
"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than you can from a lifetime of conversation" - Plato
Imagine what we get from playing 4 hours!
Lego® Serious Play® is an efficient tool for insights exploration, training, business or HR actions.
LEGO® Serious Play®. How To Solve Your Business Challenges PlayfullyMichael Tarnowski
LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) is a structured and facilitated workshop method for strategic decision making and problem resolution in business environments.
LSP answers questions rephrasing the business topics. The models built and their stories shared by the builders are the answers. LSP is a playful and still serious way to create new insights and to develop innovative ideas.
Serious Work How to Facilitate Meetings and Workshops Using the LEGO® SERIOUS...Marko Rillo
Free preview of the book "Serious Work How to Facilitate Meetings and Workshops Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method"
Authors: Sean Blair and Marko Rillo. Published in 2016 by ProMeet.
LEGO® Serious Play® is thriving. How is it that a child's toy, has become a serious strategy tool used by some of the worlds best-known organizations? And what might be the relevance of this method in your work? LEGO® Serious Play® is the result of 15 years development. A powerful method to solve problems, explore ideas and achieve objectives based on management theory using a toy.
Serious Work enables readers to understand what LEGO® Serious Play® is and how it works. This practical and well-designed workbook helps people have better meetings; it shows how LEGO® Serious Play® is used in five common kinds of meeting and workshop, enabling improvement in communication, collaboration and outcomes.
It is intended for people who run meetings. Leaders, managers, facilitators, and coaches who are seeking ways to help teams work-together well, will find this book especially helpful.
Readers who are interested in or responsible for coaching, problem-solving, visioning, team building or strategy will find the ideas challenge conventional meeting norms (thankfully) and offer a different and better way to achieve great meeting outcomes.
The book offers case studies, step-by-step guides, and templates from a range of common applications that you can download and adapt to your own needs.
Our hope is this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to try basic LEGO® Serious Play® techniques before learning more.
The book features advice and case studies from nine other respected LEGO® Serious Play® facilitators from countries including USA, Singapore, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, and China. List of co-authors: Patrizia Bertini, Eli De Friend, Mercedes Hoss, Camilla Jensen, Oliver Knapman, Kim Pong Lim, Kristina Nyzell, Dieter Reuther and Maria Stashenko.
This is a preview of the book that was published in 2016. Purchase your full paperback copy via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0995664706/?tag=seriousplay-20 or in eBook format directly via Serious.Global website: http://serious.global/learn/book/
Attend the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator certification training with the authors of the book. Marko Rillo training: http://markorillo.com/lego-serious-play/serious-play-training/ or Sean Blair training: http://serious.global/learn/
"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than you can from a lifetime of conversation" - Plato
Imagine what we get from playing 4 hours!
Lego® Serious Play® is an efficient tool for insights exploration, training, business or HR actions.
LEGO® Serious Play®. How To Solve Your Business Challenges PlayfullyMichael Tarnowski
LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) is a structured and facilitated workshop method for strategic decision making and problem resolution in business environments.
LSP answers questions rephrasing the business topics. The models built and their stories shared by the builders are the answers. LSP is a playful and still serious way to create new insights and to develop innovative ideas.
Elevator Pitch: LEGO® Serious Play® — Strategic Decision Making & Problem Re...Michael Tarnowski
LEGO® Serious Play® — Strategic Decision Making & Problem Resolution with Fun!
Elevator Pitch.
LEGO® Serious Play is a facilitated method for strategic decision-making and problem resolution in business environments.
You could use LSP for merger & acquisition (M&A) evaluation, SWAT analysis, strategy or vision definition, product development, organisational design/development, brand design, or developing business, department. or team goals - to name a few.
Imaginopedia for Skills Building by LEGO GroupMarko Rillo
Imaginopedia for Skills Building - The Brochure that was Included in early LEGO Serious Play Starter Kits prior to 2010. The Starter Kits were then square-shaped. Since 2010, the LEGO Group redesigned their booklets that they include with LEGO Serious Play starter kits and now those kits include a slightly modified brochure called "Imaginopedia for Core Process"
Introduction to LEGO SERIOUS PLAY with Natalie SuttonNatalie Sutton
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is a facilitated thinking, communication and problem solving technique used by teams, individuals and organisations. Natalie Sutton is a certified facilitator and explains the process in this presentation.
The Science of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY - Play, Construction, ImaginationMarko Rillo
The Science of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY - Play, Construction, Imagination (2006) The Lego Group / Executive Discovery Llc.
24-page brochure that summarises the early research carried out by the Imagination Lab Foundation that laid the foundation for the further development of LEGO Serious Play Methodology that is freely available as Open Source tool under Creative Commons 3.0 licence.
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY: Imagination & Creativity for the BusinessPatrizia Bertini
Lego Serious Play is a creative, imaginative and story-telling based approach that since 2002 has been successfully adopted by businesses ad organisations all around the world.
LSP has proved to be an effective solution for team building, strategy, co-creation, concept, conflict resolution…
And its efficacy can be tracked back to the key theories that have been included in the development and formalisation of LSP: from management, Psychology of play, Imagination, Embodied cognition, Metaphors, constructionism… They are all perfectly integrated in the Lego Serious Play experience and deliver unexpected results efficiently. This presentation tells who adopted this approach and the whys.
Lego Serious Play & Business Model CanvasJan Peeters
I made a report on the Lego Serious Play workshop I organized together with Flanders DC. We used the Lego Serious Play method to deliver a business model canvas for an innovative carpet.
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Open Source Guide Issued by LEGO GroupMarko Rillo
LEGO has decided to allow everyone to use LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology. You do not need to pay for it. It is as simple as: “1) You use, 2) you develop, 3) you pass it on to anybody else to use under the same terms.“
Anybody can do what they like with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® as long as they refer to original LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Open-source document and give exactly the same credit for the next developers.
If you work in Scrum environment or you’re just a team member who is trying to guide a conversation – then these interactive facilitation techniques are for you. In this session focus will be on games which you could use in virtual environment.
Lego Serious Play como metodología para potenciar el diálogo y las conversaciones en las organizaciones para resolver problemas complejos y analizar entornos donde la creatividad y disponer de diferentes visiones enriquece la propuesta.
Lego Serious Play permite generar talleres y dinámicas que atrapan a los participantes fusionando no sólo la creatividad sino también "atrapar" pensamientos e ideas de los participantes a través de razonamientos y reflexiones intrínsecas que se generan a través de la construcción de los modelos.
IDEO U's Storytelling for Influence course content mapped to the design think...Ren Chang Soo
Supplementary material developed to onboard teaching team members who have a strong grounding in the design thinking process, and for learners who are curious how the course content relates to the design thinking process
The Prime Directive. How To Charter Your Team Best (With LEGO Serious Play)Michael Tarnowski
Team chartering is generally used at the start of a project only, and team charters tend to be quite general and abstract.
In this hands-on session of Agile Cambridge Conference 2015, we will use the 'Lego Serious Play' method to develop a team-specific team charter, which fits individual team goals and can be adapted continuously.
Elevator Pitch: LEGO® Serious Play® — Strategic Decision Making & Problem Re...Michael Tarnowski
LEGO® Serious Play® — Strategic Decision Making & Problem Resolution with Fun!
Elevator Pitch.
LEGO® Serious Play is a facilitated method for strategic decision-making and problem resolution in business environments.
You could use LSP for merger & acquisition (M&A) evaluation, SWAT analysis, strategy or vision definition, product development, organisational design/development, brand design, or developing business, department. or team goals - to name a few.
Imaginopedia for Skills Building by LEGO GroupMarko Rillo
Imaginopedia for Skills Building - The Brochure that was Included in early LEGO Serious Play Starter Kits prior to 2010. The Starter Kits were then square-shaped. Since 2010, the LEGO Group redesigned their booklets that they include with LEGO Serious Play starter kits and now those kits include a slightly modified brochure called "Imaginopedia for Core Process"
Introduction to LEGO SERIOUS PLAY with Natalie SuttonNatalie Sutton
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is a facilitated thinking, communication and problem solving technique used by teams, individuals and organisations. Natalie Sutton is a certified facilitator and explains the process in this presentation.
The Science of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY - Play, Construction, ImaginationMarko Rillo
The Science of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY - Play, Construction, Imagination (2006) The Lego Group / Executive Discovery Llc.
24-page brochure that summarises the early research carried out by the Imagination Lab Foundation that laid the foundation for the further development of LEGO Serious Play Methodology that is freely available as Open Source tool under Creative Commons 3.0 licence.
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY: Imagination & Creativity for the BusinessPatrizia Bertini
Lego Serious Play is a creative, imaginative and story-telling based approach that since 2002 has been successfully adopted by businesses ad organisations all around the world.
LSP has proved to be an effective solution for team building, strategy, co-creation, concept, conflict resolution…
And its efficacy can be tracked back to the key theories that have been included in the development and formalisation of LSP: from management, Psychology of play, Imagination, Embodied cognition, Metaphors, constructionism… They are all perfectly integrated in the Lego Serious Play experience and deliver unexpected results efficiently. This presentation tells who adopted this approach and the whys.
Lego Serious Play & Business Model CanvasJan Peeters
I made a report on the Lego Serious Play workshop I organized together with Flanders DC. We used the Lego Serious Play method to deliver a business model canvas for an innovative carpet.
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Open Source Guide Issued by LEGO GroupMarko Rillo
LEGO has decided to allow everyone to use LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology. You do not need to pay for it. It is as simple as: “1) You use, 2) you develop, 3) you pass it on to anybody else to use under the same terms.“
Anybody can do what they like with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® as long as they refer to original LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Open-source document and give exactly the same credit for the next developers.
If you work in Scrum environment or you’re just a team member who is trying to guide a conversation – then these interactive facilitation techniques are for you. In this session focus will be on games which you could use in virtual environment.
Lego Serious Play como metodología para potenciar el diálogo y las conversaciones en las organizaciones para resolver problemas complejos y analizar entornos donde la creatividad y disponer de diferentes visiones enriquece la propuesta.
Lego Serious Play permite generar talleres y dinámicas que atrapan a los participantes fusionando no sólo la creatividad sino también "atrapar" pensamientos e ideas de los participantes a través de razonamientos y reflexiones intrínsecas que se generan a través de la construcción de los modelos.
IDEO U's Storytelling for Influence course content mapped to the design think...Ren Chang Soo
Supplementary material developed to onboard teaching team members who have a strong grounding in the design thinking process, and for learners who are curious how the course content relates to the design thinking process
The Prime Directive. How To Charter Your Team Best (With LEGO Serious Play)Michael Tarnowski
Team chartering is generally used at the start of a project only, and team charters tend to be quite general and abstract.
In this hands-on session of Agile Cambridge Conference 2015, we will use the 'Lego Serious Play' method to develop a team-specific team charter, which fits individual team goals and can be adapted continuously.
Looming deadlines, demanding clients, boring projects, and even feelings of fatigue that may signal the beginnings of burnout any of these everyday afflictions can making it tough to dredge up the energy to be psyched about your work and be amazing at what you do. These feelings can disappear if we shift our perspective to gamify work. Let's look at how we can bring gamification theories and practices to our work to spur the process of enhancing productivity and innovation to produce easily, better, more, and get the epic win.
Game On: Everything you need to know about how games are changing the worldJeremy Johnson
Gaming is at a tipping point, never before have games effected our day-to-day lives in such a substantial way. From entertaining yourself on the subway with Angry Birds, to solving the world's greatest problems - gaming is quickly becoming a mainstream way to explore, communicate, connect, and work.
With "Game On" Jeremy Johnson will take you on a tour of gaming trends - which includes everyone's favorite gaming buzz words: gamification, gameful, game layer, gamestorming, game mechanics, gameplay, game theory and good old video games. How's that for a extra helping of games? Let's top it off with a Call of Duty deathmatch - who's game?
This presentation was given at Big Design 2011 in Dallas Texas. #bigd11
Kate Matsudaira, VP Engineering/CTO at Decide
Engineer Whispering - the secrets of working with technologists
When a team really comes together, the whole truly outweighs the sum of its parts, producing a synergy that unquestionably leads to innovation and inspiration. And while true that individuals can and do build great products, it’s only well-tuned teams that are capable of building sustainable excellence.
Software-based products present an interesting challenge to the team dynamic - collaborating and connecting with technical folks can be challenging and downright frustrating; one is from Mars and the other is from Venus. Thankfully there are many people who have successfully navigated these treacherous waters. This talk will present the distilled wisdom, anecdotes and suggestions from hundreds of industry leaders, in order to illustrate the good, the bad and the ugly of team-oriented software product development. The audience will come away with great ideas and helpful tips as to how to more effectively communicate with and relate to the more technical elements of their teams.
Presentation from the Brisbane Gamification Meetup held in July, 2013. In this presentation we introduce the concept of gamification and then dissect the well-designed, gamified app - Duolingo
Sign up to my gamification newsletter for a weekly does of gamification news: http://gamificationweekly.com
Game Industry And You - IGDA Chicago November 2013Sheri Rubin
Are you:
• a developer who wants to elevate their craft and increase your value to employers?
• a student wondering ‘How the heck am I going to get a job in this competitive industry’?
• an educator wondering how to give your students the best chance of success?
• someone who is worried about how to stay in the industry?
• passionate about game development and want to find ways to give back to the industry?
• tired of seeing great potential talent in young developers wasted by silly mistakes or lack of support and coaching?
If you said yes to any of the above then this talk is for you!
Sometimes it can seem daunting to figure out your place in the industry but there’s a lot you can do to get in, get involved, and give back. From having a polished personal brand to advocating on topics that affect the entire industry there is a lot you can do to make sure you’re being the best game developer – and person – you can be!
This talk will cover:
• Breaking In/Job Searching: what you need to know about finding a job
• Professional Development: what you can do to make sure you’re learning and growing
• Networking: what you can do to find new relationships and strengthen old ones
• Mentoring: what you (or your company) can do to help others reach success
• Advocacy: what you can do to make sure your discipline and your industry are respected
• Branding: what is your brand and do you know what others think it is
With over 15 years in the game industry, and 30 game credits under her belt, she takes her experience in a wide variety of areas including project and talent management, marketing and communications, and coaching and mentoring to provide you with tips, tricks, and tools to get in and get involved.
Co-Create: Creating Better Together - DevCamp Brazil 2018Denise Jacobs
Despite the prevalent mythology of the lone creative genius, many of the most innovative contributions spring from the creative chemistry of a group and the blending of everyone’s ideas and concepts. How can we best leverage this collective wisdom to generate creative synergy and co-create? Let’s look at the process of recognizing and removing our personal creative blocks, connecting and communicating with others, combining ideas using play, and constructing a collaborative environment to discover effective methods for tapping into a group’s creative brilliance. Through these steps, you’ll learn to capitalize on the super-linearity of creativity to embrace and leverage diversity to create better together.
Designing for touch interactions on an ever-growing array of devices and screen sizes can be daunting. We will discuss efficient ways to focus mobile features, tips for designing for touch and approaches to implement a “responsive” design that adapts to any screen size.
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„Ich glaub, ich werd welk“. Zeitdilatation in Agilen Transformationen – Tools...Michael Tarnowski
Die Zeitdilatation ist ein relativistisches Phänomen. Alle inneren Prozesse eines physikalischen Systems laufen langsamer ab, wenn sich dieses System relativ zum Beobachter bewegt.
Doch neben dem Higgs-Boson („Gottesteilchen“) und den Gravitationswellen haben Forscher inzwischen entdeckt, dass selbst in Systemen, die sich relativ zum Beobachter überhaupt nicht bewegen, die Zeit langsamer abläuft, ja sogar stillsteht. Vor allem dann, sobald Agile-Coaches durch die Türen nicht agiler Unternehmen treten.
Lessons Learned:
Humoristischer Versuch, die Frage „Wieso ist Agile nicht Agile?“ zu beantworten. Der Referent zeigt, welche Wirkungen Culture Hacking bei einem Kunden hat, den er seit mehr als zwei Jahren bei seiner agilen Transition begleitet.
Metrics & KPIs. Tips To Setup Your Measurement Initiative Right.Michael Tarnowski
Many people start a measurement initiative by defining KPIs and metrics first. - BAD mistake!!
Identify your information needs first, THEN derive the proper metrics! And, there are many other pitfalls more...
Product Owner Challenge - Agile in the City Manchester 2017Michael Tarnowski
Product owner challenge is an agile game with Lego bricks. It supports organisations in transitioning from waterfall to agile. The game illustrates the agile mindset to a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements and product vision.
What is Agile & Agile Project Management?. Introduction to Plan-based vs value-driven development; Scrum framework and roles and ceremonies; self-organised team, agile values. and leadership
Challenge your product development department by a challenging contest with LEGO bricks: "Who Delivers Value First?" - Agile or Waterfall?
Product Owner Challenge is an agile game w/ Lego bricks. Its about challenging the product development to communicate clear objectives, requirements, and vision.
Slidedeck contains playing instructions, examples, and further info.
Material needed: (a) "Presentation User Stories for POChallenge", (b) "Process Cards for POChallenge" - both on my SlideShare account
It's a card game.
It addresses agile themes and topics in weird, morbid, and political incorrect question.
It was created by @UdoWiegaertner, @AnjaStiedl, @M_Tarnowski, et.al. inspired by a open space session of @JordannGross at Play4Agile16
Free download: http://bit.ly/p4a16-AgileBlackStories
Presentation at: Agile Games Night Tools4AgileTeams2016
Innovation Games — The Seriously Fun Way to Do Work!Michael Tarnowski
Innovation Games are a set of originally market research oriented, facilitated and directed games. They are focussed, on real-time collaborative games as means of engaging customers and stakeholders to reveal what really matters to them and to get breakthrough ideas.
Use Innovation Games for such things as portfolio management, requirements management and any number of tasks that require innovative thinking, priorisation, brainstorming and cross-functional collaboration.
Product Owner Challenge - User Stories ready to playMichael Tarnowski
Epics, and user stories w/ acceptance critieria to integrate agile mindset into Product Owner Challenge game (POC).
POC is an agile game w/ Lego bricks. Its about challenging the product development to communicate clear objectives, requirements, and vision.
User stories for LEGO Creator Series: 6910 (Sports Car), 31000 (Pick-up truck), and 5761 (Digger, front loader)
Drama babe! – Theatre Stage Experience for AgilistsMichael Tarnowski
I presented this workshop at “Walk the Talk – Talk the Walk” #WTTW, Annual Conference Agile Consortium NL, 10.Sept.2014. – The presentation gives you a broad toolbox of communication skills:
* How to set the narrative structure your presentation
* How to prepare your stage: onstage, offstage, and audience space
* How to use light, sound, costumes, and props properly
* How to rehearse & improve your presentation
* How to use your body language
I structured my workshop as a theatre playbook:
Prologue
Who is your Performer?Why do Agilists need Theatre Stage Experience?
Act I – Scripting the Performance
Act I, Scene 1 – Write the Playbook,
Act I, Scene 2 – Set the Stage
Act I, Scene 3 – Set the Pose
Act I, Scene 4 – Direct the Performance
Act II – Staging the Performance
Act II, Scene 1 – Build the Stage
Act II, Scene 2 – Onstage & Backstage, Entrances & Exits
Act II, Scene 3 – Set the Light
Act II, Scene 4 – Set the Sound/Music
Act II, Scene 5 – Set the Costumes & Props
Act III – Performing the Performance
Act III, Scene 1 – Rehearse
Act III, Scene 2 – Find proper Emphasis
Act III, Scene 3 – Create Meaning
Act III, Scene 4 – Create Emotions and Authenticity
The presentation provides the background for "The Drama Game”.
Integrate your customers by casting them in a Quest story with your product dev team as one of the characters.
“The Drama Game” is a story telling game to create within all stakeholders - customer & project team - a shared understanding of crucial situations ("incidents") happened in a product development project. You should play the game during your project in retrospectives or as post-mortem analysis after.
The presentation contains playing instructions and material for "The Drama Game”.
“The Drama Game” is a story telling game to create within all stakeholders - customer & project team - a shared understanding of crucial situations ("incidents") happened in a product development project. You should play the game during your project in retrospectives or as post-mortem analysis after.
The presentation contains posters illustrating "The Drama Game”.
“The Drama Game” is a story telling game to create within all stakeholders - customer & project team - a shared understanding of crucial situations ("incidents") happened in a product development project. You should play the game during your project in retrospectives or as post-mortem analysis after.
Product Owner Challenge is an agile game w/ Lego bricks. Its about challenging the product development to communicate clear objectives, requirements, and vision.
Slidedeck contains playing instructions, examples and further info.
Short introduction to Innovation Games® and examples of their application in Lean and Lean StartUps: Reduce Waste, Value Stream Mapping, and Minimum Viable Product.
Xing User Group Agile Rhein-Main: Innovation Games™Michael Tarnowski
Michael Tarnowski from Plays-In-Business.com gave a presentation of a Teaser Event on Innovation Games™ for the Xing User Group Agile Rhein-Main (https://www.xing.com/net/pria952a0x/agilerheinmain/).
What are Innovation Games and for what you can use them... Questions over questions... Here you get the answers!
Presentation on Innovation Games ™ - What are Innovation Games and for what you can use them... Questions over questions... ;-)
Here you get the answers!
The Team Member and Guest Experience - Lead and Take Care of your restaurant team. They are the people closest to and delivering Hospitality to your paying Guests!
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Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to radically reinvent the way we do business. This study explores how CEOs and top decision makers around the world are responding to the transformative potential of AI.
Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
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LEGO® Serious Play® — For Managers
1. www.plays-in-business.com
www.plays-in-business.com
LEGO® Serious Play® — For Managers
Solve Your Business Challenges Playfully & with Fun!
Michael Tarnowski
Plays-In-Business.com
Picture Credit: Sonny Abesamis, https://www.flickr.com/photos/enerva/12279076393
2. What is LEGO® Serious Play®?
www.plays-in-business.com
www.plays-in-business.com
LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) is a structured and facilitated workshop
method for strategic decision making and problem resolution in
business environments.
Picture Credit: Bill Ward, https://www.flickr.com/photos/billward/3640805316
4. Your benefit using LEGO® Serious Play®
www.plays-in-business.com
www.plays-in-business.com
Fast Understanding of Problems and Solutions
Solutions immediately applicable on the Work Floor next Day
Strong Commitment to related Decisions
Fast Return on Invest of workshop costs
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5. “Lean Backward” Meetings:
only a few participants are
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LEGO® Serious Play® Engages People
“Lean Forward” Meetings:
all participants engage equally.
vs.
7. Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 1/4
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Everyone who…
…is faced a complex problem and does not know how to handle it.
…wants to engage all resources available in her organisation.
…wants to turn visions into commitments.
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8. Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 2/4
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Everyone who…
…wants to design actions.
…develops leadership and teams.
…does 1:1 coaching
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Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 3/4
Everyone who…
…looks for a solution to a shared problem.
…has to create a shared mind-set about something.
…builds a shared vision.
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Who should use LEGO® Serious Play®? 4/4
Everyone who…
…wants constructive discussions where everybody is heard.
…has to create a shared mind-set about something.
…wants constructive discussions where everybody is heard.
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11. How LEGO® Serious Play® works
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1. Challenging: Facilitator raises a Question/Problem
2. Constructing: Participants build Models
3. Story Telling: Participants share Interpretation
4. Reflecting: Participants create Common Understanding
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12. What does LEGO® Serious Play®? 1/2
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LEGO® Serious Play®:
Is a structured, facilitated method.
Answers questions rephrasing the business topics.
The models built and their stories shared by the builders are the answers.
Is a playful and still serious way to create new insights and to develop innovative
ideas.
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What does LEGO® Serious Play®? 2/2
LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP):
Is a secure and safe place to image and explore ideas by building models with
LEGO® bricks.
Creates a shared understanding about the problem space in question.
Investigates complex and dynamic dependencies and emergences.
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14. Why LEGO® Serious Play® works 1/2
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While playing participants think outside the box creatively without
stress.
Participants construct the models in a flow of intense playing.
The models “emerge” out of the bricks at hand without any long-term
rational pre-design.
Playing with and challenging the model constructs new knowledge
through self-reflection.
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15. Why LEGO® Serious Play® works 2/2
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As metaphors the models opens a wide door of interpretation and
fantasy.
Participants explain the metaphors of all the model’s meanings.
Building with the hands creates strong involvement and commitment.
“Hands-on”, “Minds-on” building
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Give LEGO® Serious Play® a Chance!
Solve with LEGO® Serious Play® your REAL problems:
Engagingly • Playfully • Constructively • Appreciatively • Innovatively
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17. LEGO® Serious Play® is open source.
However, for best results, hire a trained LSP facilitator – like m e
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How can I use LEGO® Serious Play®?
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Are you facing a complex problem and don’t know what to do next?
Michael Tarnowski, Certified LEGO Serious Play Facilitator
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