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Object of Play Preparing for a meeting

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Keywords / phases / materials required Purpose / product / people / process pitfalls / prep / practical concerns

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Core Card Sort Games Core Dot Voting Games Core Empathy Games Map Core Forced Group - agree on a ranked list of items Games Ranking Core Post-Up Generate ideas with silent sticky note Games writing Core Storyboard Visioning exercise - imagine & create Games possibilities Core WhoDo Brainstorm, plan & prioritise actions Games Games 3-12-3 Brainstorming with time deadlines for Brainstorm present back to a group Opening Games The Anti- Solve a problem by solving the for Problem problems opposite Opening Games Brainwriting Generate ideas non-verbally - creates for a space for new ideas Opening Games Context Map Designed to show the external factors, for trends, forces at work Opening

Find categories within a cluster of Up to 20 ideas - follow on from brainstorming Break the pattern of analysing ideas around a conference table & get people closer to developing for the real world Useful for creating categories / Individual or navigation / slide presentation small group Simple way to prioritise & converge Min 3 upon an agreed solution Develop a customer / user prole 3-5 3-10 1-50 8-20 1-10 Up to 10

Max 1.5 hrs Three phases - Go observe, Try it Out, Reect on what happens & why

30 mins or more Short

Index cards Post - its / spot stickers

1 - 15 mins Name: Hearing / Seeing / Feeling / Doing Criteria - each person ranks the item - no equal ratings 10 mins to 1 Starts with a question / silence / whiteboard hr generate initial ideas 25mins to Sub groups - visually describe - no of steps to 1.5 hrs get to ideal state 20 - 45 mins Goal - two columns Who & Do - bias towards action 21 - 30 mins 3 mins for generating pool of ideas, 12 for combining ideas, 3 for presenting these ideas 30 - 45 mins Break into smaller groups - encourage volume of ideas - evaluate a problem differently 30 - 40 mins idea generation by each member- enhanced by next group member - brainwriting 45mins to 1.5 hrs Political / economic climate / trends / technology / customer needs / uncertainties summarise into context map

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Games Cover Story for Opening Games Draw the for Problem Opening Games Fishbowl for Opening Games Forced for Analogy Opening Games Graphic Jam for Opening Games Heuristic for Ideation Opening Technique

Pure imagination - visioning - achieve cover of magazine Tackle vague or misunderstood problems by drawing the problem Bring stakeholders together -

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Template - Cover / big headlines / brain storms / quotes / images / sidebar

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Medium to 40 - 45 mins Inner group - engage in conversations / outer large groups group observe 1 - 10 15 mins to 1 Generate random list of items - create analogies hr to problem 30 mins to 1 Visualise concepts hr

Aid understanding by using analogy

Visual abstract concepts - supports logo development / presentation design / website design Use a matrix to generate new ideas / approaches to a problem

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Games History Map How to map moments & metrics that for shaped your organisation - a way to Opening show new people history & culture of an organisation Games for Opening Games for Opening Games for Opening Games for Opening Imageination Generate new ideas about a topic you feel stuck on

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Introduce event participants to each other by co-creating a mural - visual network of their connections To create something new - must Small Group 45 mins to 1 Works well for thinking through assumptions / challenge constraints - take an existing hr obstacles idea / design - change one element that makes it impossible to achieve Object Functional things offer inspirations. Any 30 mins or Study of an object & associations from it Brainstorm more

Low-Tech Social Network Mission Impossible

15 mins to 2 New ideas generated from existing ideas / new hrs idea best understood by its two essential attributes / more attributes are different - more compelling the idea 5 - 10 30 mins to Using ipcharts - draw timeline - get each 1.5 hrs member to part their time & achievements onto the timeline - focus on successes / lessons / culture shifts / trends / employee numbers / projects 5 - 7 per 15 mins - 1 By using random images - get members to focus group hr on what each image has in common with the problem - images spark insights / new associations Large group 25 mins Use index cards - avatars - draw connections initially work / school etc

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Games for Opening

Pecha Kucha / Ignite

Fast - structured talks enable people to share ideas quickly - in a concise & compelling fashion

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Pie Chart Agenda

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Poster Session

Method of planning the agenda for a meeting by drawing a pie chart representing the slices of time being allocated to each topic. Goal is to create a set of compelling images that summarise a challenge or topic.

Small Group

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By limiting the number of slides in a presentation & limiting the amount of time a presenter can spend on each slide, presentations will convey information concisely & at a rapid pace. Rule of Pecha Kucha (Japanese for chit-chat) 20X20 presenters allowed 20 slides with 20 seconds per slide Utilises the focal point of a clock to empathise the notion of time, plus represents the agenda items, weighted by importance Show up & throw up. Two constraints - it must be self-explanatory & it must be visual. Focus on three types of explanation: before & after, system & process. Conducted at project kick-off - starts with the question what will go wrong. Opportunity to voice concerns - draw on experience / pas learnings. Identify any actions required. Select a topic - each member brings an object that represents this topic. Each member describes the object - drawn on whiteboard Each member draws or selects an image & tells a story to reect a work related story - indicative of companys values Map by power & interest as main two axes. First identify the stakeholders, add each to the map then develop strategy for dealing with each

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Games Pre-Mortem A pre-mortem is a way to open a for space in a project at its inception to Opening directly address its risks. Games Show & Tell for Opening Games Show Me for Your Values Opening Games Stakeholder for Analysis Opening Games Spectrum for Mapping Opening Games Trading for Cards Opening Achieve a better perspective of stakeholders topic through using objects as metaphors. Get a sense of how employees perceive the values of an organisation At start of project - stakeholder analysis to map out who they are & develop a strategy for engaging them. Basic framing tool for any project. Reveal the diversity of perspectives & options around a topic & organise them into a meaningful spectrum. Meeting starter - each participant creates a personal trading card - self portrait / nickname / one unusual fact about themselves

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Visual Agenda Welcome to My World

Attempt to get people to focus & engaged on an agenda. Opportunity to give players a better understanding of other players roles & responsibilities.

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30 mins to 1 Get people to try & understand the roles of other hr people. Useful if different range of roles present.