GamestormingCollaboration Tools You Can Use

Quality Fair 2011

Presented by:Jeff Stafford

Organizational Effectiveness/OHR

How is Gamestorming used?

• Explore & Examine business challenges

• Improve Collaboration

• Generate Novel Ideas

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OPEN EXPLORE CLOSE

Opening minds, Possibilities,

Thoughts, Explosion of

ideas

Move towards action,

Prioritize, Narrow & Select

Try to see old things in new ways,

Sift and sort ideas,Build on, Test &

Enhance

Questions Core fire-starting skill that will ignite and spark your group

Artifacts The playing piece that form the backbone of any game

Visual Language

Ability to make your imagination and ideas more tangible and memorable

Improvisation Ability to explore experiences – and to keep going, building and sharing

4 Core Skills of Gamestorming

Rules for Awesome Idea

Generation!

Brainwriting Instructions

Have a topic in which to generate ideas around

Distribute BRAINWRITING SHEETS to players

Work silently and generate ideas related to the topic

One idea per box. Complete one row then grab a new sheet

Lather. Rinse. Repeat

Best to use this game when …

• Want to create a PRIORITIZED list

• Distinguish WANTS from NEEDS

Is it like…

New Useful Feasible