As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in higher education, we face a critical question:
Are we actively building the future we want — or being shaped by systems we don't fully understand?

This session invites participants to deeply consider AI’s evolving role in higher education through the creative lens of Lego Serious Play (LSP). LSP is a powerful facilitation method that uses hands-on building and storytelling to surface complex dynamics, reveal hidden assumptions, and imagine new possibilities.

Using a series of Lego models as metaphors, we will explore AI’s current and emerging impacts:
— Who holds agency?
— What structures are forming?
— Where are the tensions, opportunities, and risks?

Storytelling will be central to this exploration, helping participants not only reflect on the current state of AI, but also envision the narratives we are creating — and those we might still rewrite.

Participants will be guided to reflect on AI not as a finished product, but as a system still very much under construction — one where critical engagement, imagination, and intentional design are urgently needed.

Rather than offering prescriptive answers, this 15-minute session rapidly fosters playful, thoughtful inquiry into AI’s future in higher education.