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LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation

Build Shared Understanding—and a Clear Path Forward

Shift Advisory Company facilitates LEGO® Serious Play® sessions to help leadership teams surface hidden assumptions, align on what matters, and co-create practical strategies for growth, innovation, and transformation.

What is LEGO® Serious Play®?

LEGO® Serious Play® is a facilitated, hands-on method that uses building and storytelling to help teams think more clearly together. Participants create models that represent ideas, challenges, and opportunities—then use those models to have more honest, productive conversations.

The result is faster alignment, deeper insight, and decisions that are grounded in a shared understanding—not the loudest voice in the room.

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Why it works

Outcomes Your Team Can Expect

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    Inclusive Participation

    Every participant builds and shares, creating balanced input across roles and personalities.

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    Shared Language and Clarity

    Models make abstract topics visible—reducing ambiguity and accelerating alignment.

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    Actionable Next Steps

    Sessions conclude with prioritized insights, decisions, and commitments you can execute.

When to Use LEGO® Serious Play®

This method is especially effective when the work is complex, cross-functional, and requires genuine alignment. Below are common engagement themes we facilitate.

Strategy and Direction

Clarify priorities, define strategic choices, and align on what “success” means across the leadership team.

Innovation and Concept Development

Organizational Alignment

Change and Transformation Planning

How an engagement works

A Clear, Facilitated Process—From Insight to Action

Each session is designed to meet your objectives, your team, and your context.

A typical flow includes:

Define the Challenge

We align on the purpose, participants, and the decisions you need to make—then design the prompts and activities.

Build Individual Models

Participants build models that represent their perspective, then share the story behind what they built.

Create a Shared Model

The group integrates themes into a shared representation—revealing patterns, tensions, and opportunities.

Prioritize and Commit

We translate insights into decisions, priorities, and next steps with clear owners and timelines.

FAQ

Common Questions

If you are considering a LEGO® Serious Play® session, these answers help set expectations and ensure the right fit.

Schedule a Scoping Call

How do engagements typically start?

Most engagements begin with a short discovery call, followed by a lightweight diagnostic (stakeholder inputs, current-state review, and desired outcomes). We then propose a clear scope, timeline, and deliverables.

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What do you need from us to be successful?

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Ready to Align Your Team?

Schedule a Lego® Serious Play® Scoping Call

Tell us what your team is working through. We will recommend a session format and outcomes-focused agenda designed for your leaders and stakeholders.