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Festive Team Bonding? Build it Out.

Somehow, it is now November, and I don’t think any of us saw it coming. I have received my first invitation to a festive-related team/project gathering, which is this month in order to avoid the intensity of everything that happens…

NewSpace Economy Congress

The 2024 edition of the NewSpace Economy Congress is well underway at Casa Llotja de Mar, a gothic style centre of business built in the 14th century. The juxtaposition of ancient arches and new arcs is familiar at many important…

Visiting Professor role in the Arctic

I am pleased to have a good reason to return to the far north of Europe! Over 20 years ago I led a team at Newcastle University developing the onboard data handling system for a pan-European student designed and built…

Playful Learning Conference 2024

Backdrop and Context I have been to very many conferences. I’ve been to symposia that are really colloquia. I have been to many things that call themselves workshops but are really seminars. I’ve been to seminars that are really posturing…

International Day of Play!

Delighted to learn about the U.N. resolution recognising an International Day of Play, following thorough research and campaign by a wide global consortium. While this is rightly focussed upon the children of the world and their rights, freedoms, development and…

Bricks for Breakfast

Very early in the day on 10th Jan (2024), we’ll be disrupting the normal business breakfast networking hosted by Blaby Council (at Marriott Hotel, LE19 1SW). A fast-paced introduction to Lego(R) SeriousPlay(R) together with breakfast and gallons of coffee, all…

Return to the Floor: SpaceComm Expo ’23

After a longer-than-lockdown hiatus from expos, meetings, events, I returned to SpaceComm Expo this week wearing my Goonhilly Earth Station hat. And wow the sector has changed: people are younger, there are twice as many of them, about 20% more…

Is It Really A Strategy Problem?

On 15th February, Ed from System//level joined a global set of facilitators of Lego(R) SeriousPlay(R) online to explore our experiences of dealing with corporate strategy, and especially the challenges in helping people work at a strategic level while building 3D…

How to Find a Facilitator

There are Lego SeriousPlay(R) facilitators all around the world, but because LSP is not an easy concept to ‘sell’, it can be hard to find someone appropriate to help you or your organisation deal with your question/challenge/issue/opportunity using LSP. Any…