{"id":552,"date":"2026-08-03T14:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemsthinker.eu\/?p=552"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:05:54","slug":"niet-een-eendje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsthinker.eu\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/niet-een-eendje\/","title":{"rendered":"Not one duckling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Every year, we ask our minor students to build a LEGO duckling. It\u2019s a well-known exercise from LEGO Serious Play, designed to showcase the different interpretations and visualisations of a duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We emphasise the importance in product design of creating models as quickly as possible \u2013 whether made from cardboard and tape, LEGO or K\u2019nex. How often do we find that what we had in mind as a product or function simply doesn\u2019t work in the specific context of use? \u2018I\u2019m one hand short,\u2019 was the comment from a nurse on a K\u2019nex model that demonstrated how a product worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018duck\u2019 challenge shows that a familiar example (a duck) and just 6 LEGO bricks do not result in the same LEGO ducks. Not even just a few variations. How many different ducks can you see in the photo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, this isn\u2019t just about ducklings or products. It\u2019s about the enormous variety of ways to describe the same thing, as well as the enormous variety of images we visualise in our head when we want to communicate something. The closer we get to reality (from words, to images, to concrete representations), the more we gain a shared image and understanding of what we\u2019re talking about. Words remain abstract, images\u2026 \u2026you know the saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a simple example of the difference in perspective and in how we communicate the same thing. There isn\u2019t just one duckling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Niet \u00e9\u00e9n eendje<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elk jaar vragen we onze minor-studenten om een lego-eendje te bouwen. Het is een bekende opdracht vanuit LEGO Serious Play, om hierin de verschillende interpretaties en visualisaties te laten zien van een eend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We geven hierna aan hoe belangrijk het is om binnen productontwerp zo snel mogelijk modellen te maken. Modellen van karton en tape, van LEGO of K’nex. Hoe vaak zien we niet dat wat we in ons hoofd hadden als product of werking, in de specifieke gebruikscontext niet kan. ‘Ik kom een hand tekort’, was de opmerking van een verpleegkundige op een model van K’nex die de werking van een product liet zien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De opdracht van de eendjes laat zien dat een bekend voorbeeld (een eend) en slechts 6 LEGO-blokjes niet resulteert in dezelfde LEGO-eendjes. Zelfs niet in slechts enkele variaties. Hoeveel verschillende eendjes zie je op de foto?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanzelfsprekend gaat dit niet over alleen eendjes of producten. Het gaat over de enorme vari\u00ebteit om hetzelfde te beschrijven, alsmede de enorme vari\u00ebteit in beelden die we hebben als we iets willen communiceren. Hoe dichter we bij de realiteit komen (van woorden, naar beelden, naar concrete weergaves), hoe meer we eenzelfde beeld en begrip krijgen van waar we het met elkaar over hebben. Woorden blijven abstract, beelden…je kent de uitdrukking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Een simpel voorbeeld van het verschil in perspectief alsmede communicatie van hetzelfde. Er is niet \u00e9\u00e9n eendje. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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