Gamestorming. Playing for Transformation

Introduction

The game brings great benefits to the professional field and an organizational context. Through play, we acquire knowledge. Play fosters involvement and participation, encourages creativity,  motivation, team  development, and alignment to specific objectives. A playful attitude is the best way to improve learning and professional growth.

These benefits are more important, if possible, in the context of cultural and organizational changes, where the involvement and motivation of people going through change is necessary. It also elicits the appropriate mindset to allow a successful transit through the change curve.

In this workshop we explore how to use gamification to promote organizational changes through involved and motivated  teams, presenting different types of games for different situations, and encouraging the necessary playful attitude.

Objectives

At the end of this course students will be able to:

• Use gamification techniques to drive and sustain changes
• Design playful activities or games depending on the situation
• Learn and use specific games for different situations

Student Profile

This course is for people who plan to or already are part of agile teams or projects, and managers of agile teams.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend this course.

Course Materials

Each student will receive a copy of the course documentation prepared by Netmind.

Certification

There isn’t an official certification associated with this course. However, students will earn x credit hours for their attendance.

Accreditation

A certificate of attendance will be issued to students who attend the course for at least 75% of the duration.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to organizational and cultural changes
2. Gamification
3. Why games?
4. Game types
5. Game design