Lego People talk for Engagement and Teamwork

May 20, 2014

My new associate, Hakan Forss, has been designing LEGO® scenarios and now a few other people seem to be jumping into the mix. He and I have been talking since he first published this illustration:

The idea is that we could choose to do things differently, for a variety of reasons. And there are a lot of different ideas on illustrating the Square Wheels™ illustrations that we have been publishing for 20 years.

So, I’ve gotten out all my old LEGO and am starting to do up a few ideas around my Square Wheels themes. I thought that this one might reflect teamwork:

Note that the apparent chaos at the beginning is replaced by a lot more order. Also note that there is NOT too much order, not a lot of lines or columns in how people are organized…

Some level of alignment is a really positive thing for intrinsic motivation, involvement and engagement, and teamwork. Some manageable chaos is good for innovation and creativity.

Have FUN out there!

Dr. Scott Simmerman is a designer of team building games and organization improvement tools. Managing Partner of Performance Management Company since 1984, he is an experienced presenter and consultant.