Building alignment while co-creating our future team vision with Lego Serious Play
Internal team workshop to define goals and strategy (C Space D&I team)
Defining the future of the D&I team
CHALLENGE: Design + Innovation at C Space is formed of multiple teams that share resources. Busy teams working on separate projects means it can be hard to collaborate and share a cohesive identity. Joining forces with other trained Lego Serious Play facilitators, we proposed a plan for an LSP workshop to co-create a future-state vision of a more collaborative department that optimizes resources, skillsets, and abilities.
PROCESS & APPROACH: We planned and executed a half day LSP workshop for the D&I team that would generate a new vision of the team’s future. The session plan included general upskilling in the Lego Serious Play method, empathy building, and creating a shared vision of our current state. Including each perspective in the room, we built an interactive model of our future state that included barriers and pathways for transformation.
RESULTS: Creating a 3D visual representation of ‘who we are now’ generated a much needed shared understanding of our current context—especially for entry-level team members who had little understanding of our context. The future-state model allowed us all to envision new possibilities while spawning clear goals and directional purpose. The process revealed our biggest weaknesses and strengths and allowed for easy brainstorming and real-time strategy development, ultimately forging a flexible pathway to our future vision.