Hi everyone,
“What is Gamestorming and why should we use it at my company?”
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but I just answered this question for someone and I thought I would share it here with you. It might make it easier for you to “sell” the idea of Gamestorming at your next meeting, workshop, or retreat.
The concept behind Gamestorming is pretty simple. Most meetings suck. They can be improved with a facilitator, but 99% of the time you can’t afford a facilitator, and asking someone in the meeting to do that (which often happens) really isn’t fair, because the facilitator can’t truly participate in the meeting when they are focusing half their brain on managing the agenda and the group.
When you are at home playing Monopoly with your family, you don’t need a facilitator. Why? Because games have structure. Rules, turn-taking, and artifacts like pieces, cards and a game board to keep people on track.
In Gamestorming we apply the design principles of game structure to meetings, so you can have a fun and productive meeting, with or without a facilitator.
Until next time, be well!