One of the things I like about working at Bath Uni is the way random conversations over coffee result in unexpected opportunities. For example, I’ve been using Lego® Serious Play®, a meeting facilitation technique, that works just as well for conversations where you are talking to yourself. I use it in a very basic way, to help order my thoughts. A year ago, during a departmental coffee meet-up, there was discussion about getting some Lego for the department. I mentioned LSP which no one else had heard of, but some became curious about. This led to me applying and getting some teaching development funds to pilot LSP in personal tutor group meetings where there are often long awkward silences. We tried it and it was very effective and the students really enjoyed it. I reported back at a departmental teaching day and a faculty community of practice. There was coffee available at both. A few coffee drinkers in the department tried it for themselves after my presentation and also reported great success. A few weeks ago, I noticed someone in our Research and Innovation Services was offering a LSP session for PhD students to help with problem solving. I got in touch and suggested we have a coffee and compare notes. Just like me, Annali based what she was doing on the original open source guide from Lego. We agreed we should seek out other LSP users in the university and form a Community of Practice. For those that don’t know, a CoP is a group focused on a specific activity where people get together to share ideas, experience, etc. Usually over coffee. The other thing that happened as a result of that discussion was that I got invited to attend a proper Lego Serious Play facilitator training workshop. RIS was arranging with an external training company, SERIOUSWORK, to host an on campus workshop to up-skill some of their staff and they made a space for me. Thank you RIS. Seven of us got to spend two days learning and practicing under the expert guidance of Sean Blair who shared his knowledge, experience and insights going way beyond the basic individual model building I had been doing, in to the realms of shared model building. Thank you Sean.