Gamestorming is the perfect way to break through the barriers of your mind. We started to gamestorm about two years ago and the results are amazing. We generate a lot of new ideas in a very efficient and lean way.
We help facilitating gamestorm workshops. Contact us for more info.
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Industrial economy
• left brain analysis
• manufacturing
• business processes
• consistent
• repeatable
• predictable
Knowledge economy
• right brain analysis
• innovating
• design processes
• ambiguous
• random
• novel
Source: Sunni Brown
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“The whole purpose of education in the
world is to produce university professors.”
(Robinson, 2007)
Watch full TED presentation Ken Robinson
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The human brain is a
powerful pattern maker
and a smooth pattern user
but a bad pattern breaker
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Problems cannot be solved by thinking
within the framework in which the
problems were created
(Albert Einstein)
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At the age of 5,
90% of what we
think is unique.
At 7,
that is 20%
As adults, our ability to
come up with an original
idea has dropped to
2%
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All children are artists.
The problem is how to remain an artist
once we grow up.
(Pablo Picasso)
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Advantages of gamestorming
• Everybody is equal. (CEO vs employee)
• Everybody participates. (introverts vs extraverts)
• The team has a strong feeling of co-creation
I only facilitate.
Neutral position.
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What defines a game?
GOALS
1. Do not get caught by the ghosts
2. Reach the next level
3. Become the king of the highscores
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Space + time4
Time is your best friend!
We have about 1 thought per second.
In 5 minutes that is about 300 ideas per person.
People are more creative in 5 minutes than in 1 hour.
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Generation5
When opening,
generate as many ideas as possible.
There are no bad ideas.
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Gamification: Unlock cards5
We use these during our gamestorm sessions.
Every player can give achievement cards to
other players to award them for their
participation.
f.e.: I love that last idea, thanks for the good
feedback, nice shoes,...
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Randomization6
Practice randomization, filling the blank
and forced analogies to breakdown the
patterns that we are all stuck in.
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Sketching + model making7
Sketch and craft.
If it can’t be drawn, it can’t be done.
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2. Warm-up
Quick analogy
Shout the first word that pops
into your mind.
People standing in a circle.
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2. Warm-up
Personal shield
Creatie your personal shield in
10 min. Present it to the group
in 2 minutes.
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2. Warm-up
Create your
personal mindmap
We use this in our job interviews.
Works better than the standard
resume.
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4. Big Ego solutions
Silent hat:
one person of the group wears
a hat. The person with the hat
has to remain silent. The group
can always decide to change
the hat to another person.
Talking stick:
The person with the stick is the
only one who is allowed to
speak. The other listen and do
not interrupt. Pass the stick
afterwards to another person.
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Important
when leading a gamestorm workshop
• Stick to the structures.
• Change/improvise if needed.
• Do not leave space for discussions.
• You are neutral!
• Do not influence or help.
• If you are unsure, ask the group.
• Good to have an observer with you.
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Choose the parents
1. Show the group some pictures of famous
men and women.
2. Let the group decide who they would
choose as parents for their group.
The characteristics of the chosen people
will represent the values of the group.
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The negative gamestorm
Source: Flanders DC
Reverse the question
• How can we get visitor stay longer on our website?
• How can we get people click out asap?
solutions: Lots of boring texts, unclear structure, amateuristic pictures...
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Hot or not
We use this to benchmark websites.
Show a website for 5 min to a team.
The people stick post-its of the things they like
about the website in the HOT column.
The things they do not like, in the NOT column.
The group also score the website on 10 points.
Afterwards, we make the hitparade of the
websites.
Used to analyse the competition, or best
practices.
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I can help you with
- facilitating your gamestorming session
- giving a workshop/lecture about gamestorming
- training your people
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanvanlissum
evan@theparkinglot.com
71. Special thanks to Jurgen De Smet and Erik Talboom of Co-learning for teaching me.
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