Welcome to the immersive workshop on "Building Aesthetic Intelligence Brick by Brick: Unleashing Creativity, Productivity, and Profitability in the Enterprise with LEGO® Serious Play®"

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to stay ahead of the competition. One of the key ingredients for success lies in unlocking the hidden potential within the enterprise—creativity. By harnessing the power of aesthetics and developing aesthetic intelligence, businesses can tap into a wellspring of untapped creativity, leading to remarkable breakthroughs and competitive advantages.

This workshop is designed to guide you on an exciting journey towards understanding and mastering aesthetic intelligence, with a special focus on utilizing the renowned LEGO® Serious Play® methodology. LEGO® Serious Play® is an innovative approach that taps into the power of play, imagination, and hands-on building to unlock new perspectives, ignite collaboration, and spark creativity within teams.

Throughout this interactive workshop, you will delve into the fascinating realm of aesthetics, exploring the profound impact it has on organizational productivity and profitability. By deepening your understanding of aesthetics and learning how to leverage it effectively, you will discover how to create visually appealing, emotionally engaging, and intellectually stimulating experiences that resonate with your customers, employees, and stakeholders.

Through a series of engaging activities, group discussions, and LEGO® Serious Play® sessions, you will uncover new ways to infuse beauty, harmony, and elegance into your products, services, processes, and strategies. You will learn to cultivate an organizational culture that nurtures and values aesthetic intelligence, fostering a vibrant environment where innovation thrives and creative solutions abound.

By the end of this workshop, you will emerge equipped with practical tools, techniques, and a fresh perspective on how to harness aesthetic intelligence within your enterprise. You will be prepared to unleash the full creative potential of your teams, leading to heightened productivity, enhanced profitability, and a remarkable competitive edge.

Get ready to embark on this extraordinary journey of aesthetic discovery, creativity, and transformation. Let's start building a future where aesthetics truly becomes the key to unlocking your enterprise's success!

Objective

1. Understanding Aesthetic Intelligence: Gain a comprehensive understanding of aesthetic intelligence and its impact on organizational productivity and profitability.



2. Exploring the Power of LEGO® Serious Play®: Experience the unique methodology of LEGO® Serious Play® and discover how it can unlock creativity, foster collaboration, and stimulate innovative thinking within teams.


3. Unleashing Creative Potential: Learn techniques and strategies to tap into your own creative potential and inspire creativity within your team members, enabling them to generate innovative solutions to business challenges.


4. Cultivating Aesthetic Awareness: Develop a heightened sense of aesthetic awareness and learn how to identify, appreciate, and leverage aesthetics in various aspects of your organization, such as branding, product design, customer experience, and workplace environment.


5. Fostering Collaborative Problem Solving: Enhance your team's problem-solving capabilities through collaborative LEGO® Serious Play® sessions, encouraging open communication, active participation, and the exploration of diverse perspectives


6. Aligning Aesthetics with Business Goals: Learn how to align aesthetic principles with your organization's strategic objectives, leveraging aesthetics as a powerful tool to differentiate your brand, attract customers, and drive profitability.



7. Building an Aesthetically Intelligent Culture: Discover strategies for creating a culture that values aesthetic intelligence, encouraging creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.


8. Practical Application of Aesthetic Intelligence: Explore practical applications of aesthetic intelligence within your specific industry or business context, and identify actionable steps to implement aesthetic intelligence principles in your work.


9. Networking and Collaboration: Engage with other workshop participants, share insights, and collaborate on hands-on activities, fostering a supportive network of professionals interested in leveraging aesthetics for enterprise success.


10. Creating an Action Plan: Develop a personalized action plan to apply the concepts and techniques learned during the workshop within your organization, ensuring a smooth integration of aesthetic intelligence practices for long-term impact.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have a solid foundation in aesthetic intelligence and be equipped with practical tools and strategies to unlock their creative potential, drive productivity, and enhance profitability within their organizations.

Outline

Introduction:

• Define what aesthetic intelligence is and why it matters in the enterprise.


• Discuss the importance of creative thinking and innovation in today's competitive business environment.
• Introduce the workshop objectives and agenda.
• Definition of aesthetic intelligence and its importance in industries.

Part 1: Understanding Aesthetic Intelligence and how it can be used to enhance customers’ experience

• Explanation of how aesthetic intelligence can help organisations to create a more engaging and memorable customer experience.
• Explore the different aspects of aesthetic intelligence, such as visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory.
• Discuss how aesthetic intelligence can be developed and applied in different areas of operations, including process design, content design, branding and event planning.

Part 2: Applying Aesthetic Intelligence in the Workplace

• Explore the role of aesthetic intelligence in enhancing workplace creativity, innovation, and productivity.
• Provide examples of how aesthetic intelligence can be used to improve the design of products, services, and experiences.
• Conduct a group activity to brainstorm ideas for applying aesthetic intelligence to develop a unique and recognizable brand identity.
• Discussion of how your organisation can use aesthetic intelligence to create a strong brand identity that reflects their values and mission.

Part 3: Developing Aesthetic Intelligence Skills

• Introduce different techniques for developing aesthetic intelligence, such as sensory exercises, mindfulness, creative visualization and story telling.
• Use storytelling to engage the senses, foster creativity and build customer loyalty by creating emotional connection with them
• Provide tips and resources for further developing aesthetic intelligence skills.

Part 4: Conclusion and Next Steps (30 mins)

• Summarize the key takeaways from the workshop.
• Provide participants with an action plan for applying the skills and knowledge gained in the workshop.
• Encourage participants to continue developing their aesthetic intelligence skills and to share their learning with others in their organization.

This workshop is designed to help participants understand the importance of aesthetic intelligence and how to develop and apply it in the workplace to enhance creativity, innovation, and productivity. It includes a mix of theoretical and practical components, with opportunities for group discussion and hands-on exercises.

Methodology

Testimonial

Whether you are a leader, team member, or individual contributor, this course aims to provide valuable insights and practical techniques to unlock creativity, enhance productivity, and drive profitability within the enterprise using the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology.

Daniel Theyagu's Profile

• Accredited ICAgile Authorized Instructor
• Certified Lean Six Sigma (Master Black Belt)
• Certified Professional Project Manager [PMI]
• Certified Advanced SCRUM Master [Scrum Alliance] [CSM]
• Certified SCRUM Master [Scrum Alliance] [A-CSM]
• Certified Product SCRUM Product Owner [CSPO]
• Certified Advanced SCRUM Product Owner [A-CSPO]
• Certified Agile Leader [teams and organisations] [CAL-E.T.O]
• Certified SAFe (5) Agilist
• Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager
• Certified SAFe DevOps
• Certified ICAgile Coach
• Certified ICAgile Professional
• Certified ICAgile Team Facilitator
• Certified ICAgile-CAT
• Certified ICAgile-LEA
• Certified Project Management Professional
• Certified Business Analytics Specialist [GICT]
• Certified Critical Thinking and Research Analyst [GAQM]
• Certified Problem and Change Manager [GAQM]
• Certificate in System Thinking [MIT]
• Executive Certificate in Design Thinking [SMU]
• Certified Behavioural and Career Coach [DISC profiling]
• Certified Advanced Behavioural Specialist [DISC profiling]
• Certified The Big Five®Personality Profile Coach
• Certified Emotional Intelligence Facilitator
• Certified Genos™International Emotional Intelligence Coach
• Certified Enneagram Spectrum Practitioner and Coach
• Certified Stress Management Consultant
• Certified Practitioner in Data Protection
• LEGO® Serious Play – Certified Facilitator
• Licensed Master Practitioner of NLP®
• Licensed NLP® Coach
• Certified Applied Neuroscience Coach
• Certified Train-the-trainer in Design Leadership and Design Thinking [SMU]
• ACTA – certified trainer (Singapore)
• Associate Adult Educator (Singapore) [IAL]
• Bachelor of Laws (Hon) University of Buckingham (UK)
• Master in Education, University of Sheffield (UK)
• Diploma in English, University of London (UK)
• Graduate Diploma in Communication and Innovation [SMU]

Daniel Theyagu is a professional corporate trainer in Thinking Strategies, Agile Project Management, Lean Methodologies and Personal Productivity. He is a professional Neuroscience Coach and is an authorized trainer in ICAgile certifications. With a track record of 32 years in training and development, Daniel has trained more than 1000 companies internationally. His participants come from more than 100 countries and range from C-Suite to frontline officers in both the public and private sector. Known for his light-hearted and humorous approach to training, Daniel incorporates many hands-on activities to keep his participants actively engaged in the training. Through the generous use of tactile learning, Daniel is able to impart the most difficult concept succinctly with participants able to see the returns on investment within a short time.