I spent last weekend immersed in board games, at the CoRe Jolts Game Jam for Collaborative Professionals. The event was conceived, organized and hosted by mediator colleague, Sharon Sutherland (@ssuth). I’m not much of a “gamer”. Yet, I appreciate the power of a well-designed game, be it board or online. So when I heard […]
Participant Reflections on a Game Jam for Collaborative Professionals
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Funny Bones: Street Collaboration
August 8, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
We can learn a lot from good buskers. Take Funny Bones, a Japanese and UK duo, who performed at the Victoria International Buskers Festival recently. They were my favourite act. I love summer festivals! Here’s a Funny Bones promo clip (5 minutes duration): (Can’t see it? click here to watch on Youtube) With my business […]
True Collaboration: Thiagi and the Telephone Game
June 4, 2012 by · 2 Comments
We learn through play. And learning collaboration need be no different. Thiagi (aka Sivasailam Thiagarajani) is a master at creating engaging games for learning collaboration. Below is one of his games, ‘Surprising Sentence’, that I’ve re-printed (with permission of course) from his latest newsletter. I thought it a great example of learning by playing. And, […]
Use Participant Engagement Tools to help build consensus
May 21, 2012 by · 5 Comments
A week ago, I was hanging out in Halifax, as a participant in the week-long International Association of Facilitator’s annual North America conference. I was there to connect in-person with some colleagues I’ll be doing some work with, as well as to learn. And learn I did. I self-refer as a mediator first, and facilitator […]
