A Lego Retro
Use:
To create a playful environment encouraging systemic thinking and more honest self-evaluation.
Length of time:
60 minutes.
Short Description:
Using Lego, each individual builds and shares a model of the previous Sprint (or period of working together), they follow-up with model of their 'ideal Sprint' or future period of working together. Finally, time permitting, the team constructs a collective model of their 'ideal Sprint'.
Materials:
Lego - the larger Lego Serious Play sets work best, flipchart/whiteboard, pens
Process:
After an introduction, show the participants a warm-up model as an example for things they might create themselves. Members are then given ten minutes in which to build a Lego model that represents their last sprint. Following this, ask the group to share and discuss their models, interpreting the emotions that they have expressed while at play. Next, they have another ten minutes to build a new model, this time of an idealized sprint. Afterwards is another period of sharing and discussion, before a final ten minute session in which the group reflects on what they can commit to do differently in future, as a team or as individuals.