MTa + Lego Serious Play: Workshop Ideas for Team Building, Training and More
MTa + Lego Serious Play: Workshop Ideas for Team Building, Training and More
Lego Serious Play. It’s a great name, isn’t it? Engaging and intriguing, while alluding to something powerful and worthwhile. If you’re familiar with Lego Serious Play – LSP for short – you’ll know it’s exactly that. Through the simple...
Why gamifying your training isn’t good enough
Why gamifying your training isn’t good enough
Part two of a two-part series about gamification in education. Check out part one here: An introduction to gamification in education: miracle methodology, or just another buzzword? As we saw in part one of this series, gamification can have...
An introduction to gamification in education: miracle methodology, or just another buzzword?
An introduction to gamification in education: miracle methodology, or just another buzzword?
Part one of a two-part series about gamification in education. Check out part two here: Why gamifying your training isn’t good enough. Ever been told your training is boring? Either directly (ouch!) or by a roomful of disengaged participants...
How to Run the Paper Bridge Challenge: Instructions for a Facilitative Approach to Maximise Learning
How to Run the Paper Bridge Challenge: Instructions for a Facilitative Approach to Maximise Learning
The Paper Bridge Challenge is a popular team-building activity, and an entertaining way to explore meaningful learning outcomes like team skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and more. It’s a favourite amongst facilitators because it’s easy to run, and uses...
Bring Myers-Briggs personality types to life with MTa experiential activities
Bring Myers-Briggs personality types to life with MTa experiential activities
Part of our series on bringing theories to life with experiential learning. Read the rest here. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular tool for organisations looking to help their employees understand their personality profiles and how they...
Bring Insights Discovery to life with MTa experiential activities
Bring Insights Discovery to life with MTa experiential activities
Part of our series on bringing theories to life with experiential learning. Read the rest here. With more than 9 million profiles generated and over 12,000 practitioners, it’s easy to see that Insights Discovery is in high demand. If...
The stockless challenge: a Lego lean game
The stockless challenge: a Lego lean game
Using kanbans to control workflows in repetitive manufacturing For organisations wanting to improve efficiency, reduce work in progress and improve customer satisfaction, kanbans and lean methodologies can help. In a manufacturing context, the kanban system uses visual triggers to...
Assessment centre activities and examples
Assessment centre activities and examples
Are you an assessor looking for assessment centre activities to run? If so, we can help. Our experiential learning materials are used in assessment centres all over the world, by heavyweight names like KPMG, Gatwick Airport, and EasyJet. As...
Activities for team building: the best games and exercises for team development
Activities for team building: the best games and exercises for team development
Team development activities are games and exercises designed to build interpersonal competencies like communication, cooperation, leadership, and adaptability. These activities are popular in corporate settings because they equip personnel with skills that are invaluable in the workplace, setting teams...
Five cool things you can do with an MTa Insights kit
Five cool things you can do with an MTa Insights kit
MTa Insights is our flagship experiential learning kit: 80 hours of learning and 250 discussion topics over 53 powerful activities, each designed to develop specific qualities like teamwork, communication, leadership, problem-solving and more. We’ve designed Insights to be an...
PLAYMOBIL pro: What is it and how do you use it?
PLAYMOBIL pro: What is it and how do you use it?
PLAYMOBIL is a mainstay on toy shop shelves, usually somewhere near the LEGO section. The distinctive aesthetic of the kits and figurines makes PLAYMOBIL a great choice for creative, imaginative kids who want to build their own world to...