Lego Serious Play

On the 17th May, I attended my first PMO Flashmob, the event on this occasion was more specifically known as PMO Serious Play, held in Manchester. The idea behind this session is to learn and explore the mindsets and behaviours of the PMO supporting Agile based projects and programmes through playing with Lego. Upon arrival, at the event, I received a warm welcome and introductions all round. There was also a vast selection of drinks available including tea/coffee, orange juice, coke and even wine and beer! All included in the session. Before getting called through to our training room there was a chance to talk and network with others attending the course. This helped me get comfortable with the people I was with, something that I thought was important before a creative session like this. The first thing I noticed was how different everybody’s background in PMO was. There was also a wide range of industries represented by charities, law firms, and public sector. It was really interesting finding out how they operated their PMO within their industry.

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January PMO Flashmob in London was like playgroup for grown-ups! We had Parag Gogate with us (Change Innovation Lab) and he ran a Serious Games session for us at the Ticketmaster UK bar in London. Although that might sound like we were just messing around, playing with Lego for a few hours - the reality was very different. Yes it was fun, it was also very fascinating to see how people were working together, using Lego for metaphors and literally seeing people thinking whilst building. The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology is an innovative, experimental process designed to enhance innovation and business performance. It is based on research which shows that this kind of hands-on, minds-on learning produces a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the world and its possibilities.

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