During an initial phase the Foundation pursued research in-house in close collaboration with companies, organisations, and academia. Under the leadership of Prof. Johan Roos, its staff generated many papers, conference presentations, and other outputs including the conceptual foundations for the LEGO® Serious Play® product. This paved the way for funding external research and development projects, and awarding innovative scholarship, including the ones listed below.
List of recipients
2023
Paula Matos Marques Simões
Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima / MG, Brasil
Project: Using innovative methodologies based on imagination and play to enhance resilience and other social and emotional skills among social entrepreneurs in the Brazilian Amazon
Sara Bjørn Aaen
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Project: LEGO Serious Play in the Green Transition
Alexander K. Kofinas
University of Bedfordshire, Pollhill Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK
Project: Comparing Single and Multi-Modal Training on Equality, Diversity, Inclusion
Sean McCusker
Associate Professor
Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Project: Modern Jesters – Clowns as Agents of Transformation, Phase 2
2022
The Peter Drucker Society Europe
Thurngasse 13/18, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Project: Topic Leadership Circle – Digital Humanism
Sandra Abegglen
Faculty Member
University of Calgary, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Canada
Project: Hybrid teaching for student success – best practices
2021
Sean McCusker
Associate Professor
Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Project: Modern Jesters – Clowns as Agents of Transformation
Stefan Meisiek
Associate Professor
The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
Project: The Materiality of Strategizing for Innovation
2019
Alison James
Independent Academic
Professor Emerita, University of Winchester, UK
Project: The Value of Play in HE
Previous years
Daved Barry
Elmer Gates ’50 Professor of Innovative Business Culture
School of Arts and Sciences, Clarkson University, USA
Stefan Meisiek
Associate Professor
The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
Bill Fischer
Emeritus Professor
IMD, Switzerland
Rebecca Chung
Management educator & consultant
Rebecca Chung Research Translation & Consultancy, Switzerland
Mark de Rond
Professor
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
Rodolphe Durand
Joly Family Professor of Purposeful Leadership
HEC Paris, France
Mark Stein
Professor
School of Business, University of Leicester, UK
Department of Management, University of Bern
Artur Baldauf
Professor
Deepa Prahalad Abhyankar
Design Strategist and Social Innovator
Samineh Shaheem
Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Leadership
Hult International Business School, UK