279. LEGO at Work: The Team Building Approach That Actually Sticks

About this episode

JoLynn Ledgerwood discusses the benefits of using LEGO Serious Play for effective team building and communication.

This week's episode makes the case that your next team building session should involve a table full of LEGO bricks, and JoLynn Ledgerwood, certified LEGO Serious Play facilitator and learning and development specialist with over 25 years of experience, is here to explain exactly why. Most people have never heard of LEGO Serious Play. The ones who have? They usually want to get certified on the spot. JoLynn shares how this research-backed methodology uses hands-on building to surface what people can't always say out loud, create a genuine level playing field for every voice in the room, and reveal the limiting beliefs teams carry without ever realizing it. She also breaks down what makes LEGO Serious Play so different from the typical after-hours Topgolf outing, and why courageous leadership is the one thing every successful session requires. What We Cover: — What LEGO Serious Play actually is and why only about 100 facilitators are certified in the entire U.S. — How building with your hands activates 80% more brainpower and why that changes what comes out in the room — The tower exercise that quietly exposes every team's limiting beliefs before the session even really begins —…

People in this episode

Host: Traci Chernoff

Guest: JoLynn Ledgerwood

Topics covered

• team building
• LEGO Serious Play
• leadership
• brainpower activation
• communication

Keywords

• team building
• LEGO Serious Play
• leadership
• brainpower
• communication
• workshop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LEGO Serious Play, Topgolf

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