18 Jan 2020

2020, LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) 0 Comment
No One Participant Dominates
The collective potential of a group can bring rich rewards. Have you wondered what it would be like if you heard everyone's voice in the room? It means more ideas, more insights and naturally more solutions. Often meetings get hijacked by the strong, the superior or the showy. And not everyone speaks. Not so with a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®. So how do you get to the collective poten...
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17 Jan 2020

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LEGO model
You could brush issues under the carpet. Or you could try and find out what causes them. What you could do about them. And what the people in the organization think about them. It could be about achieving exponential growth. Or it could be about offering better service to your customers. Or it could be about improving processes within the organization. If you want an honest di...
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16 Jan 2020

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Model showcasing everyone's contribution
Sometimes it’s necessary to hear every voice on the ground. You never know where the big idea or the incisive insight comes from. That’s when LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® becomes your go-to facilitation method. To solve a problem. To envisage the future. To strategise. To envision. To do…. whatever it is that is important for you to do. Even if it means to find out what’s stopping you or your...
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15 Jan 2020

2020, LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) 0 Comment
When is it a good idea to use the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method, you may ask. It all depends on your purpose, the subject and even the expectation of the result. Here’s a series that gives you a glimpse of what it is all about. One of the key reasons why the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method is successful is because it allows for a level playing field. Everyone around the table is able to c...
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05 Nov 2019

2019, communications 0 Comment
email
In the good old days of the letter, it was considered rude not to respond to one. We all have heard of stories about how great leaders not only read every letter that came their way but made it a point to ensure that they or their staff responded to them.  But thanks to the world of free communications, this etiquette is fast becoming extinct. When I joined the business world, I was ...
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11 Oct 2019

2019, LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R), Training 0 Comment
SeeingLandscapeoftheFuture
In the foreseeable future. How often have we heard or used this expression. And yet, how many of us are visionaries that have actually seen, foreseen or envisaged the future. Projections and analytics apart who really knows what the future is going to bring. Foresee the future. Enter LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® In a carefully designed workshop, co-created with a sponsor by a Cert...
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05 Sep 2019

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GamificationofGoalsWithLSP
Our Learning: The journey is as important as the destination` On Saturday, 24th of August 2019, four of us set out for Nashik. 2 of us from Mumbai and 2 from Pune. The reason? We were invited by the LinkedInLocal Nashik host, Makarand Savarkar (better known as Mak) to conduct a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Session for the LinkedInLocalNashik. And we were eager to do so. Gamification of Goa...
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16 Aug 2019

2019, Training 4 Comments
OnlineWritingWorkshop
Do you struggle when it comes to writing? Are you unable to write an important email? Confused how to structure your report?Not sure how to get started writing?Want your writing to be flawless?Can you spare just 90 minute every week to improve your writing? Alchemy: 7 weeks to better writing Alchemy: the 7-week online writing workshop is a simple guided online workshop that will te...
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26 Jul 2019

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Three Years
Three Years can mean so much Three years! It's been three years with my own venture: AbacusYellow, based on the principle of simplicity. I'm three years older, three years wiser and yes, three years more optimistic.  In the past few days, I’ve been flooded with congratulatory messages on my ‘work anniversary’ on LinkedIN. (I'm grateful to all those who sent me those messages and I've ...
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25 Jul 2019

communications, CrossCulture, Customer Experience 0 Comment
So who needs customer experience? For the longest time, customer experience was limited to the hotels or the hospitality industry. The world of hotels bends backwards for this. In India, 5 star hotels have tall large turbaned men welcoming you at the entrance, women in traditional attire garlanding you with the saffron flowers and walking you through marbled passageways to your luxu...
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