Interactive Lecture Pairs LEGO and Learning

UNB’s Andrews Initiative to host world leader in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ methodology.

University of New Brunswick’s Andrews Initiative will host Inspiring Creativity & Innovation, a free public interactive lecture with Jacqueline Lloyd Smith, a world leader in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ methodology. SERIOUS PLAY™ uses LEGO® bricks in creative ways to encourage team building, problem solving, and strategy generating.

This unique lecture is the second in the Creativity & Inspiration series presented by the Andrews Initiative and will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wu Conference Centre.

In this interactive lecture, participants will work with LEGO® bricks to unlock creativity. Combining visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles, the SERIOUS PLAY™ methodology teaches people to think with their hands and better communicate their ideas. Jacqueline’s lecture will demonstrate the ways creativity and innovation can work together to inspire higher-level thinking and problem solving strategies.

Jacquie Lloyd Smith has over twenty years’ experience working in private business, government, and not-for-profit organizations. During her career, she has worked as a business owner, a director of operations, a management consultant, a conflict practitioner, a university professor and a clinician. She has worked closely with a variety of organizations, developing innovative programs to help them navigate through change. She is also a skilled facilitator and holds a diploma is LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ methodology from the LEGO Group in Denmark.

The Andrews Initiative was created by UNB president emeritus John McLaughlin and offers quality learning opportunities in contemporary topics for the 21^st century.