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A Small Piece That Speaks Loudly The LEGO® flag is one of those pieces that carries more meaning than its size suggests. People tend to reach for it when they want to express something about identity, intention, or visibility. The flag often appears when someone is ready to name what matters to them, or when […]

Noticing What Stands in the Way There is something lovely about working with a LEGO® barrier. It is small and uncomplicated, and it has a presence or metaphor that other pieces do not. People tend to reach for it when they want to express something that feels difficult to name. The LEGO barrier often appears

The Quiet Appeal of the LEGO® Ladder There is something quietly compelling about a LEGO® ladder. It is simple, familiar, and easy to overlook in a pile of brighter, more dramatic pieces. Yet people reach for it when they want to express something that sits just beyond the obvious. The ladder often appears when someone

There’s a moment in almost every LEGO® Serious Play session where someone reaches for a LEGO® door or a window. They’re small pieces, easy to overlook in a pile of bricks, but they carry a surprising emotional weight. They can have tremendous power to explore through metaphor. People don’t pick them up casually. They pick

A Day That Brought People Back Into Focus The DO OD conference yesterday provided something I had not realised I needed, time and space to reflect, observe and focus on having confidence in change. The opening energiser on relational mindfulness set the tone for the whole day. It was simple, quiet, and surprisingly grounding after

If you’ve ever tipped out a pile of LEGO® bricks and spotted the tiny yellow banana, you’ll know it has a strange kind of presence. It’s playful. It’s silly. It’s completely impractical for building anything stable. And people reach for it. In workshops, the banana is often the first piece someone picks up when they’re