“Barry is a Maker. He’s always clear on where he is going and how he’s going to get there.” Having a clear understanding of your customers and stakeholders helps you ensure you ask the right questions when developing products and services. The Petite Persona lets you build miniature representations to keep your customer in mind. Download below.
Clicky Notes
A really useful way to keep your notes where you want them. Clicky Notes are a bricky alternative to sticky notes. Download below.
RYG Up your Day
Our days all have their ups and downs. Here is a simple way to communicate to your colleagues how your day has been. Download below.
Fidget to Focus
I first took my toy bricks into the office in 2008 when I found that it helped some team members to concentrate on meetings when they had something to distract their hands. Download the simple instructions for improving focus in your meetings by allowing people to fidget.
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Which bricks should I buy?
We’ve been trying very hard to entice you to try using some LEGO® bricks in the office because from our experience we know they enrich the conversations teams have. So if you want to try, which LEGO set should you buy for the office?
To get you started, I would suggest a box from the LEGO Classic range. Any of these boxes will have a good range of colours and will suffice for the activities we regularly publish here. We hope that when you see the possibilities this brings you might like to explore what else is possible.
The LEGO® Serious Play® method will allow you to expand your use of LEGO bricks to engage your team and surface great ideas. To practice this, you will want to expand on your initial collection. You can download a one pager with out suggestions for selecting bricks below.
And by the way, LEGO bricks last a long time. Don’t be afraid to dust off the box of LEGO bricks from your kids, wash them in some luke warm soapy water, and then try your hand at some LEGO activities in the office.
Plan your time
If you’ve ever wondered where your time has gone at work or been frustrated by not getting through your tasks for the day, the Improved Pomolego shows you how you can use LEGO® bricks to help. Download below.
The Legonacci Series
Using LEGO® bricks to represent the relative size of tasks can be a useful visual tool for planning your work. The Legonacci Series shows you how. Download below.
Hint: The Legonacci Series works really well for printable task planning tools like the Task Order Up by David Seah (https://davidseah.com/node/the-task-order-up/)
Statue of Little Wins
I’m sure everyone would like to find a way to capture all those small successes they have had so they can celebrate them at the end of the year. The Statue of Little Wins is a nice ritual that can help. Download below.
Brick Voting
Brainstorming and ideation are fun and engaging. But prioritisation and filtering can be hard work. Introduce LEGO bricks as a scarce currency to help you identify what is really important. Download the resource below.
Lockdown LEGO
Well, here we are in lockdown again. It can be great for productivity but can also feel very disconnected. When I’m stuck in my home office I like to build a model to help me connect the pieces of my day. Download the instructions below:
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