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This is a collection of useful and inspiring references to learn more about the theoretical foundations of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology. Articles focus on LSP, embodied cognition, constructionism, organisational theory.

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• AA.VV. (2002). The Science of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY. In E. D. llc (Ed.). Enfield USA: Lego Group.
• Ackermann, E. (2002). Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism: What’s the difference? Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Alvesson, M., & Spicer, A. (2011). Metaphors we lead by : understanding leadership in the real world. London ; New York: Routledge.
• Buckingham, D. (2009). Creative’ visual methods in media research: possibilities, problems and proposals. Media Culture Society, 31(Jul 2009), 633-652.
• Bürgi, P., and Jacobs, C., and J. Roos (2005) From Metaphor to Practice in the Crafting of Strategy’ Journal of Management Inquiry, 14(1): 78-94.
• Bürgi, P., and J. Roos (2003) Images of Strategy European Management Journal, 2003, 21(1): 69-78.
• Cantoni L., Marchiori E., Faré M., Botturi L., Bolchini D. (2009). A systematic methodology to use Lego bricks in web communication design. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM international Conference on Design of Communication (Bloomington, Indiana, USA, October 5–07, 2009). SIGDOC ‘09. ACM, New York, NY: 187-192.
• Cantoni L., Botturi L., Faré M., Bolchini D. (2009). Playful Holistic Support to HCI Requirements using Lego Bricks. In M. Kurosu (ed.), Human Centered Design, HCII 2009, LNCS 5619, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg: 844-853.
• Ematinger, R. & Schulze, S. (2012)  The crisis is homemade. why we need a playful approach in teaching and practicing strategic preparedness. In: ACTA UNIVERSITATIS AGRICULTURAE ET SILVICULTURAE MENDELIANAE BRUNENSIS. Volume LX. 7. Issue 2, 2012 :59-67
• Gauntlett, D. Using creative visual research methods to understand media audiences. Medien Pedagogik, 4(1),
• Gauntlett, D. (2006). David Gauntlett on Lego Serious Play.
• Gauntlett, D. (2007). Creative explorations : new approaches to identities and audiences. London: Routledge.
• Gauntlett, D., & Holzwarth, P. Creative and visual methods for exploring identities. Visual Studies, 21(1), 82-91
• Grey. F., and J. Roos (2005) Playing Seriously with Strategy Physics World, 18(2): 18-19.
• Harel, I. and Papert, S. 1991, eds. Constructionism, Ablex Publishing Corporation, Piaget, Norwood, NJ.
• Heracleous, L. & Jacobs, C. D. (2011) Crafting strategy: Embodied metaphors in practice Cambridge University Press
• Holland, J., (1995) Hidden order: How adaptation builds complexity. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
• Huizinga, J. (1950), Homo ludens: a study of the play-element in culture. Boston: Beacon Press
• Kristiansen, P. & Rasmussen, R. (2014) Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method. Wiley.
• Linder, M., Roos, J., & Victor, B. (2001). Play in organization. Retrieved from http://www.imagilab.org/research_workingpapers.htm
• Lakoff, G. (1987). Image Metaphors. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, III(3), 219-222.
• Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (2003). Metaphors we live by. Chicago, Ill. ; London: University of Chicago Press.
• Lissack, M., and J. Roos (1999) The Next Common Sense: Mastering Corporate Complexity through Coherence, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London (ISBN 1 85788 240-7).
• Leung, A. K., Kim, S., Polman, E., Ong, L. S., Qiu, L., Goncalo, J. A., et al. (2012). Embodied metaphors and creative ‘Acts’. Psychological science, 23(5), 502-509.
• Mercer, N. (2000). Words and minds : how we use language to think together. London: Routledge.
• Nolan, S., (2009). Physical Metaphorical Modelling with LEGO as a Technology for Collaborative Personalised Learning. In: O’Donoghue, J, (ed). Technology-supported Environments for Personalized Learning: Methods and Case Studies. (Premier Reference Source).
• Oliver, D., and J. Roos (2000) Striking a Balance: Complexity and Knowledge Landscapes, McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead (ISBN 0 07709 556-1).
• Oliver, D. and J. Roos (2005) ‘Decision Making in High Velocity Environments: The Importance of Guiding Principles,’ Organization Studies, 26(6): 889-913.
• Oliver, D., and J. Roos (2007) ‘Constructing Organizational Identity,’ British Journal of Management, 18(4): 342-358.
• Papert, S. (1971). Teaching children thinking (LOGO memo): Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A.I. Laboratory.
• Papert, S. H. I. (1991). Constructionsim. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
• Piaget, J. (1951) The Child’s Conception of the World, Routledge, London.
• Rehuter, D. & Jetton, S. (2013)  Stop managing Projects and start leading with Story. Design Management Review, Vol. 24, No. 1
• Roos, J., and B. Victor (1998) In Search Of Original Strategies: How About Some Serious Play? IMD Perspectives for Managers, (26) 15.
• Roos, J., and D. Oliver (1999) From Fitness Landscapes to Knowledge Landscapes’, Systemic Practice and Action Research, 12(3): 279-293.
• Roos, J., and B. Victor (1999) Towards a Model of Strategy Making as Serious Play,’ European Management Journal, 17(4): 348-355.
• Roos, J, Victor, B., and M. Statler, 2004, ‘Playing Seriously with Strategy,’ Long-Range Planning, 37(6): 549-568.
• Roos, J., 2004, ‘Sparking Strategic Imagination,’ Sloan Management Review, 2004, 46(1): 96.
• Roos, J., and R. Said, 2005, ‘Generating Managerial Commitment and Responsibility,’ European Management Review, 2: 48 – 58.
• Roos, J., 2006, Thinking From Within: A Hands-On Strategy Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke (ISBN 1-4039-8670-3).
• Roos, J., ‘Transformative Management Education,’ 2008, in Teaching and Learning at Business Schools: Transforming the Delivery of Business Education, Bild, M., Mårtensson, P. and K. Nilsson (eds.), Gower: 63-76.
• Said, R., Roos, J., & Statler, M. (2001). LEGO speaks. Working Paper 20. Retrieved from http://www.imagilab.org/research_workingpapers.htm
• Statler, M., & Roos, J. (2002). A place to play: innovating the practice of strategy research. Imagination Lab. Retrieved from http://www.imagilab.org/research_workingpapers.htm
• Statler, M., Roos, J., & Victor, B. (2009). Ain’t Misbehavin’: Taking Play Seriously in Organizations. Journal of Change Management, 9(1), 21.
• Statler, J., Jacobs, J. and J. Roos (2008) Performing Strategy: Analogical Reasoning as Strategic Practice, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 24: 133–144
• Thibodeau, P., & Boroditsky, L. (2011). Metaphors We Think With: The Role of Metaphor in Reasoning. PLoS ONE, 6(2)
• Tikkanen, H., Lamberg, J. A., Parvinen, P., & Kallunki, J. P. (2005). Managerial cognition, action and the business model of the firm. Management Decision, 43(6), 789-809.
• Trafton, G. J., & Harrison, A. M. (2011). Embodied Spatial Cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 3(4), 686–706.
• von Krogh, G., and J. Roos (1995) Organizational Epistemology, Macmillan, Oxford (ISBN 0-312-12498-8).
• von Krogh, G., Roos, J., and K. Slocum (1994) ‘An Essay on Corporate Epistemology’, Strategic Management Journal, Special Issue on ‘Rethinking Strategy – The Search for New Strategy Paradigms’, 15: 53-71.