Strategy

Sustainable Development

Communications

LSP

Roche

Swisscom

Honeywell

UNDP

Aerolia

USI

Itecor

EHL

Stryker

Taylor Woodrow

Texas Instruments

 

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Client

 

Strategy, Organisational Development & Change Management

 

 

Roche Pharmaceuticals

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY during 1 day of a 5-day Mobilizing Leaders programme run by IMD, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland, for Roche Pharmaceuticals’ top 300 project leaders (the programme was offered three times per year for three years) with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of project leaders in early drug discovery.

Your facilitation has created the platform for the desired open dialogue across the organisation. I look forward to continuing the process in the coming months and achieving our goal to ‘mobilize the organisation’

Jonathan Knowles
President, Roche Global Research, Basel

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Swisscom

In the spring of 2008, Swisscom asked CAPRESE to develop part of a 4-day programme to re-invent the company's Customer Experience Design process. This module used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY to help designers construct valid business cases for the prototypes in development, by exploring the business eco-system surrounding the prototypes.

CAPRESE refined the module incrementally, based on observations and feedback of each session.

In January 2009, CAPRESE organised a full facilitation training session for Swisscom's internal trainers, thereby allowing Swisscom to facilitate the business eco-system module autonomously. Read more about our work with Swisscom ...

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Honeywell

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 2-day workshop to help the heads of European R&D facilities explore possibilities for improving the management of their product development projects. Read more about our work with Honeywell ...

 

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United Nations Development Programme

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 3-day strategy retreat to help the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Geneva Liaison Office develop a coherent strategy and work plan for 2010.

This was the first time we explicitly blended LSP and World Café. Read more about our work with UNDP ...

 

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Aerolia / Airbus / LEGO

In December 2008, at the request of and in collaboration with LEGO management, we facilitated two workshops at Airbus' Méaulte factory. The first one-day workshop was designed to help the A380 nose cone development team explore their programme management difficulties. The following day, we worked with the Executive Committee of the future separate EADS subsidiary, Aerolia, which was officially established a month later. Read more about our work with Aerolia ...

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Playground

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 5-day programme to help a Sales Team improve the internal working processes and communications. Read more about our work with Playground ...

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Itecor

Used the SERIOUS PLAY methodology to enable the CEO to introduce a new organisational structure to the senior management team in this Vevey-based consultancy firm, which helps large organisations in the management of complex IT systems. By modelling and discussing the new roles and competencies, the proposed structure was modified and refined with the input of the senior management team, who enthusiastically cascaded the new structure and communication processes throughout the organisation. Read more about our work with Itecor ...

 

Ecole Hotelière Lausanne (EHL)

Ran a 1-day bilingual retreat (English-French) for EHL’s Strategic Management Committee, which started with an analysis of team behaviour and patterns, focussing team members on appreciating the contribution and value of each individual; the team then built up a collective identity and constructed an entire landscape around the School, through which they were able to identify the opportunities, challenges, and obstacles on their path towards accreditation. The session was used as a launch pad for organisational change. Read more about our work with EHL ...

Bien que très sceptique au départ sur le but de l'exercice, je dois dire que très rapidement je me suis prise au jeu. J'ai admiré la facilité avec laquelle vous êtes arrivés à faire intervenir tout le monde. Généralement timide, j'interviens assez peu dans un grand groupe, ä moins que le sujet ne m'interpelle et provoque une réaction immédiate presque épidermique.

Arlette Walther
EHL Faculty Member

 

Stryker

Included a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY session as part of a larger programme aimed at helping a 12-member Marketing & Communications team understand the varying impacts of individual behaviour on the team and identify communication strengths and weaknesses, with the focus on building appreciation of the characteristics and helpful differences of others on the team, in order to create more effective relationships.

 

Taylor Woodrow

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY during 1 day of an Executive Development module, “Strategically Managing the Business” run by Cranfield University School of Management to provide a framework for Taylor Woodrow’s senior leaders to build a strategy to become the leading developer of living and working environments in the UK -- based on the corporate values of imagination, craftsmanship, precision, expertise, teamwork, and responsiveness.

 

Texas Instruments

Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY during 1 day of a 3- day module designed for Texas Instruments on “Executing in Complex Environments” run by the HEC School of Management (Paris) to help participants develop a systemic understanding of their organisation, explore how the different actors impact its responses to internal and external events, and identify system structures that facilitate and/or hamper individuals and teams in executing strategy.

 

Sustainable Development

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GIZ

In November 2011, Eli facilitated a multi-cultural, multi-lateral stakeholder consultation workshop on Energy Efficiency policy in Indonesia. Read more about the workshop ... A full description of this event can be found on the seriousplaypro web site.

For GIZ/PAKLIM's Policy component, Eli edited the general guidelines for Indonesia's National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Action Plan (RAN-GRK), which can be downloaded from the PAKLIM web site and a suite of reports on climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

In November 2010, CAPRESE was mandated to help the Sustainable Industrial Areas Working Group of GTZ to develop elements of a marketing strategy and instruments to support this strategy with the aim of disseminating GTZ-sponsored tools and methods which can be used for Industrial Areas to a wider public. The Eco-Industrial Development Toolbox is the portal for these tools and CAPRESE developed:

  • a suite of Quick User Guides for the more well-documented tools
  • a Tool Selector Tool: a Guide to using the EID Toolbox in order to identify the most appropriate tools for a given programme and how to be able to use it effectively
  • a list of organisations and institutions that might be targeted as potential users of the methods and tools in the EID Toolbox

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    CWGER

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY and World Café, as well as more conventional facilitation techniques to run a 5-day strategy workshop for the United Nations Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery (CWGER). Building on the lessons learned over the period 2005-2010, Early Recovery advisors worked with CWGER staff to develop guiding principles for the next five years and practical recommendations for implementation and mainstreaming these guidelines throughout the UN agencies active in the Early Recovery arena. Read more about our work with CWGER ...

    The facilitator's report that CAPRESE prepared as part of the mandate can be found on the Humanitarian Response web site of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

    This workshop was delivered under the flag of our partners Optimis Sàrl.

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    CCICED/GTZ

    Through our close relationship with GTZ, in late October 2009, at short notice, CAPRESE was asked to proof-read and edit the Executive Summary of a report produced by the Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Economical Instruments for Environment of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in preparation for the CCICED's Annual General meeting to be held on 11th November 2009. Two days after delivering the corrected executive summary of 40 pages, we were asked to do a "best effort" on editing the full report (280 pages) within 72 hours, before both documents had to be sent to the publishers.

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    United Nations Development Programme

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 3-day strategy retreat to help the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Geneva Liaison Office develop a coherent strategy and work plan for 2010.

    This was the first time we explicitly blended LSP and World Café.

     

    Communications

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    Università della Svizzera Italiana

    We use LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as an example of a projective method in an annual one-day session we run within the Masters in Communications programme.

     

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    Playground

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 5-day programme to help a Sales Team improve the internal working processes and communications.

     

     

    Stryker

    Included a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY session as part of a larger programme aimed at helping a 12-member Marketing & Communications team understand the varying impacts of individual behaviour on the team and identify communication strengths and weaknesses, with the focus on building appreciation of the characteristics and helpful differences of others on the team, in order to create more effective relationships.

    logo GTZ

     

    GIZ

    In November 2011, Eli facilitated a multi-cultural, multi-lateral stakeholder consultation workshop on Energy Efficiency policy in Indonesia. Read more about the workshop ... A full description of this event can be found on the seriousplaypro web site.

    For GIZ/PAKLIM's Policy component, Eli edited the general guidelines for Indonesia's National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Action Plan (RAN-GRK), which can be downloaded from the PAKLIM web site and a suite of reports on climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

    In November 2010, CAPRESE was mandated to help the Sustainable Industrial Areas Working Group of GTZ to develop elements of a marketing strategy and instruments to support this strategy with the aim of disseminating GTZ-sponsored tools and methods which can be used for Industrial Areas to a wider public. The Eco-Industrial Development Toolbox is the portal for these tools and CAPRESE developed:

  • a suite of Quick User Guides for the more well-documented tools
  • a Tool Selector Tool: a Guide to using the EID Toolbox in order to identify the most appropriate tools for a given programme and how to be able to use it effectively
  • a list of organisations and institutions that might be targeted as potential users of the methods and tools in the EID Toolbox

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    LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® References

    Reference List for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Engagements

     

    Roche Pharmaceuticals

    Used LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® during 1 day of a 5-day Mobilizing Leaders programme run by IMD, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland, for Roche Pharmaceuticals’ top 300 project leaders (the programme was offered three times per year for three years) with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of project leaders in early drug discovery.

    Your facilitation has created the platform for the desired open dialogue across the organisation. I look forward to continuing the process in the coming months and achieving our goal to ‘mobilize the organisation’

    Jonathan Knowles
    President, Roche Global Research, Basel

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    Swisscom

    In the spring of 2008, Swisscom asked CAPRESE to develop part of a 4-day programme to re-invent the company's Customer Experience Design process. This module used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY to help designers construct valid business cases for the prototypes in development, by exploring the business eco-system surrounding the prototypes.

    CAPRESE refined the module incrementally, based on observations and feedback of each session.

    In January 2009, CAPRESE organised a full facilitation training session for Swisscom's internal trainers, thereby allowing Swisscom to facilitate the business eco-system module autonomously.

     

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    Honeywell

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 2-day workshop to help the heads of European R&D facilities explore possibilities for improving the management of their product development projects.

     

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    United Nations Development Programme

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 3-day strategy retreat to help the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Geneva Liaison Office develop a coherent strategy and work plan for 2010.

    This was the first time we explicitly blended LSP and World Café.

     

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    Aerolia / Airbus / LEGO

    In December 2008, at the request of and in collaboration with LEGO management, we facilitated two workshops at Airbus' Méaulte factory. The first one-day workshop was designed to help the A380 nose cone development team explore their programme management difficulties. The following day, we worked with the Executive Committee of the future separate EADS subsidiary, Aerolia, which was officially established a month later.

     

    Logo Università della Svizzera Italiana

     

    Università della Svizzera Italiana

    We use LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as an example of a projective method in an annual one-day session we run within the Masters in Communications programme.

     

    Logo Playground

     

    Playground

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY as part of a 5-day programme to help a Sales Team improve the internal working processes and communications.

     

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    Itecor

    Used the SERIOUS PLAY methodology to enable the CEO to introduce a new organisational structure to the senior management team in this Vevey-based consultancy firm, which helps large organisations in the management of complex IT systems. By modelling and discussing the new roles and competencies, the proposed structure was modified and refined with the input of the senior management team, who enthusiastically cascaded the new structure and communication processes throughout the organisation.

     

    Ecole Hotelière Lausanne (EHL)

    Ran a 1-day bilingual retreat (English-French) for EHL’s Strategic Management Committee, which started with an analysis of team behaviour and patterns, focussing team members on appreciating the contribution and value of each individual; the team then built up a collective identity and constructed an entire landscape around the School, through which they were able to identify the opportunities, challenges, and obstacles on their path towards accreditation. The session was used as a launch pad for organisational change.

    Bien que très sceptique au départ sur le but de l'exercice, je dois dire que très rapidement je me suis prise au jeu. J'ai admiré la facilité avec laquelle vous êtes arrivés à faire intervenir tout le monde. Généralement timide, j'interviens assez peu dans un grand groupe, ä moins que le sujet ne m'interpelle et provoque une réaction immédiate presque épidermique.

    Arlette Walther
    EHL Faculty Member

     

    Stryker

    Included a LEGO SERIOUS PLAY session as part of a larger programme aimed at helping a 12-member Marketing & Communications team understand the varying impacts of individual behaviour on the team and identify communication strengths and weaknesses, with the focus on building appreciation of the characteristics and helpful differences of others on the team, in order to create more effective relationships.

     

    Taylor Woodrow

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY during 1 day of an Executive Development module, “Strategically Managing the Business” run by Cranfield University School of Management to provide a framework for Taylor Woodrow’s senior leaders to build a strategy to become the leading developer of living and working environments in the UK -- based on the corporate values of imagination, craftsmanship, precision, expertise, teamwork, and responsiveness.

     

     

    Texas Instruments

    Used LEGO SERIOUS PLAY during 1 day of a 3- day module designed for Texas Instruments on “Executing in Complex Environments” run by the HEC School of Management (Paris) to help participants develop a systemic understanding of their organisation, explore how the different actors impact its responses to internal and external events, and identify system structures that facilitate and/or hamper individuals and teams in executing strategy.