"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
I don't know who picks acronyms for Agile frameworks, but I know I'd like to keep my distance from them. Anyway, in my effort to propose methods and techniques that aren't old enough to drink, today I'd like to show you these three frameworks, all born...
The theory of Organizational Improvisation focuses on responsive processes and how understanding them provides an alternative to the idea of an opposition between "strong" (endogenous) and "weak" (exogenous) ways of thinking about processes in human action. This dichotomy originally related to how actions are initiated and...
One of the key topics of my upcoming class at Autodesk University revolves around Organisational Improvisation. I already talked about it on the blog here, back from the 2021 International LEGO Serious Play Conference in Billund, but today's let's dive a bit into the concept,...
...and I don't mean it metaphorically; I mean it literally. I recently discovered that many young artists either struggle with the rules and concepts of perspective or find that boring, as they're more oriented towards character and creature design, so here's a list of games...
Yesterday, we saw 12 video games that teach you how to code, but what if you're dealing with people who need a motivational boost with a foundational concept like math? Well, look no more. Here's a selection of 8+1 games that might do the trick. 1....
Yesterday we saw how I prefer game thinking to create new processes, if compared to the mere gamification of an existing process, and quoted some examples. Today let's make a focus at a specific category, which is games that teach you how to code. Here's my...
2. Motivational Aspects Motivation is at the heart of both gamification and game thinking, yet the way each approach taps into user motivation is fundamentally different: while both aim to encourage user engagement, they do so by leveraging different types of motivation, as gamification primarily targets...
1. Approach and Depth The concepts of gamification and game thinking represent two distinct approaches when it comes to the depth of engagement you're seeking for your users. At their core, both aim at creating more compelling and enjoyable experiences in non-game contexts, but they differ...
Why are you interested in games? I've been asked this question a lot, lately, partially because of my upcoming class on LEGO Serious Play at Autodesk University and partially for my growing involvement with the Event Horizon School of Digital Arts. A friend recently asked if...
It might be tough to hear, but the hardest part of activities such as Equiry by Design is ensuring that the work done by the groups is...
