Definition
Collaborative games or workshops aim at promoting cooperation within your team and provides it with a common goal so that all the members participating in the game can work together.
There are various other designations for collaborative games/workshops. You may hear about facilitated meetings, gamestorming, innovation games, visual meetings...
Why should you carry out collaborative games?
May reveal hidden assumptions or differences of opinion.
Encourages creative thinking by stimulating alternative mental processes.
Challenges participants who are normally quiet or reserved to take a more active role in team activities.
Some collaborative games can underline business needs that aren’t being met.
Confirms concealed hypothesis.
Usually leads quickly to consensus
Limitations
How to conduct collaborative games
Process
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