The hands-on, minds-on experience for teams & conferences
This two- to three-hour workshop for 6 - 600 participants is an ideal experience for groups who need to build trust, connections and insight. It is powered by LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™, and 10,000 people have experienced it in hundreds of a sessions around the world since 2001. Plato summarized the power of Think With Your Hands in The Republic: "You learn more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation."
Seeking to develop your team, explore strategy, or to deepen connections and understanding? Think With Your Hands is a transformative workshop where participants co-create multiple correct solutions.
<— Watch this video to learn about a ”Staff Day” experience for 350 people.
Activate your Right Brain
This workshop brings your right brain out to play and activates design, story and empathy; it also enables synthesis and helps reveal meaning. Another part of the magic of Think With Your Hands is in our neurobiology: the hand-brain connection. A disproportionate number of nerves in our hands are hot-wired to the brain, and Think With Your Hands puts them to work -- the process of building models and creating stories about them - "speaking LEGO" - is an utterly different way to process our work lives, share our insight and build common understanding.
During this process, teams co-create models and stories, share and connect with other participants, and explore relevant themes at a deeper level than a simple conversation.
Sometimes, in the midst of Plato, Constructionism theory, neurobiology and other "serious" stuff, it gets lost that Think With Your Hands is fun! Play For a Purpose (a.k.a adult play) is a rich resource for tapping the collective imagination of teams. Influential business authors like Bruce Nussbaum [Creative Intelligence], Daniel Pink [A Whole New Mind] and Michael Schrage [Serious Play - no relation] concur that serious play is not just necessary -- but critical for breakthrough innovation.
artifacts
One of the most rewarding parts of the Think With Your Hands experience is co-creating an actual "thing" with your team. Our lives are so digital and technology-centric now that something tangible made in the physical world is almost a novelty. But there is power and pride in making something three-dimensional, and sharing that creation; it also sparks the question: "what else can we build together?"
Imagine a "Gallery" of these models and stories around the gathering times at your conference! These are a big hit that encourage yet more connection and interaction (the team at left is diligently moving their well-annotated co-creation into a prime spot near the happy hour bar...)
voice of the Customer
Principal, ICA Associates Ottawa
SVP, wells fargo business direct - san francisco
SVP, wells fargo business direct - san francisco
"It's like a brain spa!"
SVP, wells fargo business direct - san francisco
SVP, wells fargo business direct - san francisco
SVP, wells fargo business direct - san francisco
"Playing seriously seems so light and fun - then you realize later that you have done some real work!"
president, kroll background screening - Nashville
president, kroll background screening - Nashville
president, kroll background screening - Nashville
"A huge success - your skills are second to none, and this workshop set the tone and connected our team."
Managing Director, PARKS Consulting -Charlotte
president, kroll background screening - Nashville
president, kroll background screening - Nashville
"Brilliant job!
The Think With Your Hands experience really embedded the key strategic messages we wanted."