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Mentoring Program Planning Session Plus Delta

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The following combines the Plus-Delta reflections from two project teams following similar planning sessions on two successive days. The sessions utilized the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology to facilitate deeper thinking among the participants.

PLUS: Equal participation; Hands on visual learning; Facilitation by academic study leader; Sandwiches; Team Engagement; The methodology unifying the two parts of the brain; Metaphorical thinking; Able to track ideas; Revealed new things; Effective at showing creativity of team; Learned more about the people on the team; Breaks were well timed; New approach to work; Good timing for the stage of project as it served a team building purpose; Openness of team; Dedicating a day to workshop; Correct number of people (6); A serious collaborative effort realized in a short period of time; Fun; Good space for workshop; Table size.

DELTA: Get more out of emergence module; Have entire team part of workshop; Emphasize purpose of shared models; Force the development of both positive and negative agents; Make the process something that can be taught to the team; Ease transition into skills building part of workshop; Leave the shared/connected model behind; Have snacks.

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Tom is a frequent speaker, workshop facilitator, panel discussion presenter, and university guest lecturer on topics of collaborative productivity, team culture and alignment, lean management, and project leadership. He lives outside Boston with his wife. Their daughter is a stage management major at Ithaca College.

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