Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method

About the Authors

Robert Rasmussen and Per Kristiansen have worked with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® since its very beginning. They are the master trainers in the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method, and both deliver facilitator training programs as well as end-user workshops through their companies Rasmussen Consulting and Trivium in Europe, the United States, Latin America, and Asia. They have written several articles about LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, but Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method is their first book.

Robert Rasmussen worked for the LEGO Group from 1988 to 2001 as head of research and development (R&D) for LEGO Education, and was, among other roles, head of the educational development team for LEGO Mindstorms, the LEGO Company's best-selling product ever. From 2001 to 2004 Robert managed Executive Discovery Ltd., which developed and launched the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY program. He is the main architect of the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method. After several years and more than 20 iterations, he and his team developed the concept into the reproducible and robust methodology it is today.

Robert is a native of Denmark. He has a master's degree in education and has studied psychology and sociology. He has spent his career applying experiences and theories about learning, teaching, creativity, and play to education and organizational development. Over a 15-year period he worked extensively ...