Collaboration and innovation tools
Corporate Games Resources
Games, prompts, and collaboration tools for product and team discovery.
A practical catalog of facilitation tools for retrospectives, prioritization, product discovery, innovation, and team alignment.
Games authored in the 3BC codebase
Reference tools and partner resources
Game Catalog
Curated game library
A mix of 3BC-authored activities, innovation tools, and external reference resources organized for quick scanning.
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The Sailing Boat
The purpose is to address in a casual atmosphere the retrospectives by removing psychological roadblocks like the blank-sheet syndrome, creating a safe environment with anonymous feedback, engaging with everybody usin...
Game
Toss the Chip
Waterfall versus Agile Awareness and Work-in-Progress (WIP) factor Awareness.
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What Can You Do With Me?
The emphasis is on teamwork by providing some tools to have everybody participating, as well as introducing lateral thinking concept aiming at proposing alternatives within a non-judgmental framework. Ultimately, part...
Game
Preview unavailable
Stress Self-Assessment
Unfortunately, it's a part of your daily life, whether you like it or not. But understanding and knowing how to manage your individual stresses can help you lead a more productive and balanced life, and that's what we...
Game
Preview unavailable
Mission Statement Builder
You have a purpose in life. You know in your heart what's most important to you. In fact, your mission and values are expressed every day, by how you live-you just may not realize it.
Game
Seven Habits Profile Self-Assessment
Because The 7 Habits are based on principles, they bring the maximum long-term beneficial results possible. The Self-Scoring 7 Habits Profile can help you evaluate your current level of effectiveness. The higher your...
Game
Buy a Feature
Which feature will entice customers to purchase your product? Which feature will cause customers to upgrade? Which feature will make customers so happy that they’ll ignore or tolerate the features that they wish you...
Game
Wellbeing North Star
When things don't go according to plan, there are two ways we can change our outlook. One is to ignore what is wrong and solely focus on the positive . Although possibly leading to a better attitude when the circumsta...
Game
Innovation Generator
Innovation drives business; without it, companies would remain stationary and get trampled by the competition. Whether altering our products or creating new ones, we thrive on advancements. Scott Sehlhorst, President...
Game
Customer Centric
Scott Sehlhorst, President of Tyner Blain LLC, has developed an ingenious way to guide the development of your product by identifying your stakeholders. Before developing a framework of requirements your product must...
Game
Safe Bold Framework
Corporate Executive Board's Executive Director Matthew Dixon and Managing Director Brent Adamson have developed an insightful technique to help organizations develop a customized pitch. This Commercial Teaching approa...
Game
Challenger Selling Model
Notecard icons represent ideas for each of the sections of the Venn diagram. Drag them to the chart and describe what what they represent. Collaborate to balance the skills needed to create a sales strategy customized...
Game
Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization
Overwhelming backlog lists are paralyzing, making it seemingly impossible to take the first step in conquering accumulated assignments. Not only do these intimidating to-do lists constantly grow, but they lose efficie...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Two Brains Tell It and Sell It
Just like brain lateralization - the right hemisphere controls imagination and feelings while the left side manages facts and details - creating a persuasive slogan or pitch requires the perfect balance of emotion and...
Game
Job or Joy
This game helps you discover what you and your colleagues like best and least about your jobs. When doing something you love, it is easy to get lost in the activity for its own sake, which stimulates creativity and co...
Game
Franklin Covey Opportunity Overview
In today's troubling economy, it is more important than ever to create long-term, trusting relationships with your clients. Doing so will both solidify your business and increase your sales. However, this is easier sa...
Game
Circles of Influence
The first step of reaching your business goal is always the most difficult. Where do you start? Who can you talk to? Is there anybody that will support you in your risky journey? Fortunately, Deb Colden's Circles of I...
Game
Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
Game
Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
Game
Agile Game Incubator
Communicating complex problems can be difficult. How do you get others to realize the intricacy of the issue? Do they know the restraints involved in solving it? What can you do to help them recognize the importance o...
Game
Impact and Effort Matrix
There are often multiple routes leading to your goal, but how do you know which one to take? Before starting down a round-about road, take time to reflect on all the possible strategies in order to find the most direc...
Game
Whole Product
In today's competitive business environment, it is necessary to understand how to differentiate your product to stand out from the competition and gain customers. The Whole Product Game - inspired by Ted Levitt's "Who...
Game
Pros Cons
Making a decision can be an extremely difficult process; often times when thinking of your options, the positive and negative aspects of the choices can get jumbled together, winding a tangled mess of confusion. Fortu...
Game
SWOT Analysis
Often times your end state is not what you desired, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before you begin...
Game
Speed Boat
Customers have complaints. And, if you simply ask them to complain, they will. This may be OK, but be careful: the seemingly harmless snowflakes of a few minor problems can quickly become an avalanche of grievances fr...
Game
Empathy Map
In an ideal world, you could perfectly understand what the stakeholders in your company want from your product or service. Unfortunately, this is difficult to fully accomplish, as the expectations of those integral to...
Game
Cover Story
One of the most effective techniques to recognizing common dreams people have for your company is to ignore all limits and imagine what "could be." With The Grove's Cover Story game, players can unleash their visions...
Game
Bang for the Buck
Bang-for-the-Buck involves collaboration among the product manager and development team to prioritize backlog items. Rather than blindly moving down your agenda without any direction, this game allows you to analyze t...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Game
Prune the Product Tree
Gardeners prune trees to control their growth. Sometimes the pruning is artistic, and we end up with shrubs shaped like animals or interesting abstract shapes. Much of the time the pruning is designed to build a balan...
Game
How-Now-Wow Matrix
While creative ideas often form during the brainstorming process of a project, originality can be lost as time goes on. Complicated plans, difficult decisions, and limited resources often force you to resort to used,...
Resources
Game resource map
A combined view of the full Corporate Games library, grouped by practical use.
All games34Show all resources Local PDFs3Open local pdfsExternal references31Open external referencesRetrospectives5Open retrospectivesPrioritization12Open prioritizationDiscovery25Open discoveryAssessments11Open assessmentsCreativity13Open creativityAlignment22Open alignment
Local PDFs
3BC-authored games and PDFs
Downloadable facilitation material retained in the local Games folder.
Game
The Sailing Boat
The purpose is to address in a casual atmosphere the retrospectives by removing psychological roadblocks like the blank-sheet syndrome, creating a safe environment with anonymous feedback, engaging with everybody usin...
Game
Toss the Chip
Waterfall versus Agile Awareness and Work-in-Progress (WIP) factor Awareness.
Game
What Can You Do With Me?
The emphasis is on teamwork by providing some tools to have everybody participating, as well as introducing lateral thinking concept aiming at proposing alternatives within a non-judgmental framework. Ultimately, part...
External references
External games and partner references
Referenced games from external publishers, with discontinued links marked from the XML override model.
Game
Preview unavailable
Stress Self-Assessment
Unfortunately, it's a part of your daily life, whether you like it or not. But understanding and knowing how to manage your individual stresses can help you lead a more productive and balanced life, and that's what we...
Game
Preview unavailable
Mission Statement Builder
You have a purpose in life. You know in your heart what's most important to you. In fact, your mission and values are expressed every day, by how you live-you just may not realize it.
Game
Seven Habits Profile Self-Assessment
Because The 7 Habits are based on principles, they bring the maximum long-term beneficial results possible. The Self-Scoring 7 Habits Profile can help you evaluate your current level of effectiveness. The higher your...
Game
Buy a Feature
Which feature will entice customers to purchase your product? Which feature will cause customers to upgrade? Which feature will make customers so happy that they’ll ignore or tolerate the features that they wish you...
Game
Wellbeing North Star
When things don't go according to plan, there are two ways we can change our outlook. One is to ignore what is wrong and solely focus on the positive . Although possibly leading to a better attitude when the circumsta...
Game
Innovation Generator
Innovation drives business; without it, companies would remain stationary and get trampled by the competition. Whether altering our products or creating new ones, we thrive on advancements. Scott Sehlhorst, President...
Game
Customer Centric
Scott Sehlhorst, President of Tyner Blain LLC, has developed an ingenious way to guide the development of your product by identifying your stakeholders. Before developing a framework of requirements your product must...
Game
Safe Bold Framework
Corporate Executive Board's Executive Director Matthew Dixon and Managing Director Brent Adamson have developed an insightful technique to help organizations develop a customized pitch. This Commercial Teaching approa...
Game
Challenger Selling Model
Notecard icons represent ideas for each of the sections of the Venn diagram. Drag them to the chart and describe what what they represent. Collaborate to balance the skills needed to create a sales strategy customized...
Game
Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization
Overwhelming backlog lists are paralyzing, making it seemingly impossible to take the first step in conquering accumulated assignments. Not only do these intimidating to-do lists constantly grow, but they lose efficie...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Two Brains Tell It and Sell It
Just like brain lateralization - the right hemisphere controls imagination and feelings while the left side manages facts and details - creating a persuasive slogan or pitch requires the perfect balance of emotion and...
Game
Job or Joy
This game helps you discover what you and your colleagues like best and least about your jobs. When doing something you love, it is easy to get lost in the activity for its own sake, which stimulates creativity and co...
Game
Franklin Covey Opportunity Overview
In today's troubling economy, it is more important than ever to create long-term, trusting relationships with your clients. Doing so will both solidify your business and increase your sales. However, this is easier sa...
Game
Circles of Influence
The first step of reaching your business goal is always the most difficult. Where do you start? Who can you talk to? Is there anybody that will support you in your risky journey? Fortunately, Deb Colden's Circles of I...
Game
Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
Game
Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
Game
Agile Game Incubator
Communicating complex problems can be difficult. How do you get others to realize the intricacy of the issue? Do they know the restraints involved in solving it? What can you do to help them recognize the importance o...
Game
Impact and Effort Matrix
There are often multiple routes leading to your goal, but how do you know which one to take? Before starting down a round-about road, take time to reflect on all the possible strategies in order to find the most direc...
Game
Whole Product
In today's competitive business environment, it is necessary to understand how to differentiate your product to stand out from the competition and gain customers. The Whole Product Game - inspired by Ted Levitt's "Who...
Game
Pros Cons
Making a decision can be an extremely difficult process; often times when thinking of your options, the positive and negative aspects of the choices can get jumbled together, winding a tangled mess of confusion. Fortu...
Game
SWOT Analysis
Often times your end state is not what you desired, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before you begin...
Game
Speed Boat
Customers have complaints. And, if you simply ask them to complain, they will. This may be OK, but be careful: the seemingly harmless snowflakes of a few minor problems can quickly become an avalanche of grievances fr...
Game
Empathy Map
In an ideal world, you could perfectly understand what the stakeholders in your company want from your product or service. Unfortunately, this is difficult to fully accomplish, as the expectations of those integral to...
Game
Cover Story
One of the most effective techniques to recognizing common dreams people have for your company is to ignore all limits and imagine what "could be." With The Grove's Cover Story game, players can unleash their visions...
Game
Bang for the Buck
Bang-for-the-Buck involves collaboration among the product manager and development team to prioritize backlog items. Rather than blindly moving down your agenda without any direction, this game allows you to analyze t...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Game
Prune the Product Tree
Gardeners prune trees to control their growth. Sometimes the pruning is artistic, and we end up with shrubs shaped like animals or interesting abstract shapes. Much of the time the pruning is designed to build a balan...
Game
How-Now-Wow Matrix
While creative ideas often form during the brainstorming process of a project, originality can be lost as time goes on. Complicated plans, difficult decisions, and limited resources often force you to resort to used,...
Retrospectives
Retrospectives and continuous improvement
Games for learning from past work, improving events, and collecting feedback.
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The Sailing Boat
The purpose is to address in a casual atmosphere the retrospectives by removing psychological roadblocks like the blank-sheet syndrome, creating a safe environment with anonymous feedback, engaging with everybody usin...
Game
Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Prioritization
Prioritization and sequencing
Games for feature choice, backlog ordering, task selection, and impact/effort thinking.
Game
Buy a Feature
Which feature will entice customers to purchase your product? Which feature will cause customers to upgrade? Which feature will make customers so happy that they’ll ignore or tolerate the features that they wish you...
Game
Wellbeing North Star
When things don't go according to plan, there are two ways we can change our outlook. One is to ignore what is wrong and solely focus on the positive . Although possibly leading to a better attitude when the circumsta...
Game
Customer Centric
Scott Sehlhorst, President of Tyner Blain LLC, has developed an ingenious way to guide the development of your product by identifying your stakeholders. Before developing a framework of requirements your product must...
Game
Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization
Overwhelming backlog lists are paralyzing, making it seemingly impossible to take the first step in conquering accumulated assignments. Not only do these intimidating to-do lists constantly grow, but they lose efficie...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Two Brains Tell It and Sell It
Just like brain lateralization - the right hemisphere controls imagination and feelings while the left side manages facts and details - creating a persuasive slogan or pitch requires the perfect balance of emotion and...
Game
Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
Game
Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
Game
Impact and Effort Matrix
There are often multiple routes leading to your goal, but how do you know which one to take? Before starting down a round-about road, take time to reflect on all the possible strategies in order to find the most direc...
Game
Bang for the Buck
Bang-for-the-Buck involves collaboration among the product manager and development team to prioritize backlog items. Rather than blindly moving down your agenda without any direction, this game allows you to analyze t...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Game
Prune the Product Tree
Gardeners prune trees to control their growth. Sometimes the pruning is artistic, and we end up with shrubs shaped like animals or interesting abstract shapes. Much of the time the pruning is designed to build a balan...
Discovery
Product discovery and customer insight
Games for stakeholders, customers, product shape, value, and market understanding.
Game
Preview unavailable
Stress Self-Assessment
Unfortunately, it's a part of your daily life, whether you like it or not. But understanding and knowing how to manage your individual stresses can help you lead a more productive and balanced life, and that's what we...
Game
Buy a Feature
Which feature will entice customers to purchase your product? Which feature will cause customers to upgrade? Which feature will make customers so happy that they’ll ignore or tolerate the features that they wish you...
Game
Wellbeing North Star
When things don't go according to plan, there are two ways we can change our outlook. One is to ignore what is wrong and solely focus on the positive . Although possibly leading to a better attitude when the circumsta...
Game
Innovation Generator
Innovation drives business; without it, companies would remain stationary and get trampled by the competition. Whether altering our products or creating new ones, we thrive on advancements. Scott Sehlhorst, President...
Game
Customer Centric
Scott Sehlhorst, President of Tyner Blain LLC, has developed an ingenious way to guide the development of your product by identifying your stakeholders. Before developing a framework of requirements your product must...
Game
Safe Bold Framework
Corporate Executive Board's Executive Director Matthew Dixon and Managing Director Brent Adamson have developed an insightful technique to help organizations develop a customized pitch. This Commercial Teaching approa...
Game
Challenger Selling Model
Notecard icons represent ideas for each of the sections of the Venn diagram. Drag them to the chart and describe what what they represent. Collaborate to balance the skills needed to create a sales strategy customized...
Game
Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization
Overwhelming backlog lists are paralyzing, making it seemingly impossible to take the first step in conquering accumulated assignments. Not only do these intimidating to-do lists constantly grow, but they lose efficie...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Job or Joy
This game helps you discover what you and your colleagues like best and least about your jobs. When doing something you love, it is easy to get lost in the activity for its own sake, which stimulates creativity and co...
Game
Franklin Covey Opportunity Overview
In today's troubling economy, it is more important than ever to create long-term, trusting relationships with your clients. Doing so will both solidify your business and increase your sales. However, this is easier sa...
Game
Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
Game
Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
Game
Whole Product
In today's competitive business environment, it is necessary to understand how to differentiate your product to stand out from the competition and gain customers. The Whole Product Game - inspired by Ted Levitt's "Who...
Game
Pros Cons
Making a decision can be an extremely difficult process; often times when thinking of your options, the positive and negative aspects of the choices can get jumbled together, winding a tangled mess of confusion. Fortu...
Game
SWOT Analysis
Often times your end state is not what you desired, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before you begin...
Game
Speed Boat
Customers have complaints. And, if you simply ask them to complain, they will. This may be OK, but be careful: the seemingly harmless snowflakes of a few minor problems can quickly become an avalanche of grievances fr...
Game
Empathy Map
In an ideal world, you could perfectly understand what the stakeholders in your company want from your product or service. Unfortunately, this is difficult to fully accomplish, as the expectations of those integral to...
Game
Cover Story
One of the most effective techniques to recognizing common dreams people have for your company is to ignore all limits and imagine what "could be." With The Grove's Cover Story game, players can unleash their visions...
Game
Bang for the Buck
Bang-for-the-Buck involves collaboration among the product manager and development team to prioritize backlog items. Rather than blindly moving down your agenda without any direction, this game allows you to analyze t...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Game
Prune the Product Tree
Gardeners prune trees to control their growth. Sometimes the pruning is artistic, and we end up with shrubs shaped like animals or interesting abstract shapes. Much of the time the pruning is designed to build a balan...
Game
How-Now-Wow Matrix
While creative ideas often form during the brainstorming process of a project, originality can be lost as time goes on. Complicated plans, difficult decisions, and limited resources often force you to resort to used,...
Assessments
Assessments and personal reflection
Self-assessment and reflection tools connected to stress, habits, goals, and situation analysis.
Game
Preview unavailable
Stress Self-Assessment
Unfortunately, it's a part of your daily life, whether you like it or not. But understanding and knowing how to manage your individual stresses can help you lead a more productive and balanced life, and that's what we...
Game
Seven Habits Profile Self-Assessment
Because The 7 Habits are based on principles, they bring the maximum long-term beneficial results possible. The Self-Scoring 7 Habits Profile can help you evaluate your current level of effectiveness. The higher your...
Game
Wellbeing North Star
When things don't go according to plan, there are two ways we can change our outlook. One is to ignore what is wrong and solely focus on the positive . Although possibly leading to a better attitude when the circumsta...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Circles of Influence
The first step of reaching your business goal is always the most difficult. Where do you start? Who can you talk to? Is there anybody that will support you in your risky journey? Fortunately, Deb Colden's Circles of I...
Game
Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Agile Game Incubator
Communicating complex problems can be difficult. How do you get others to realize the intricacy of the issue? Do they know the restraints involved in solving it? What can you do to help them recognize the importance o...
Game
Impact and Effort Matrix
There are often multiple routes leading to your goal, but how do you know which one to take? Before starting down a round-about road, take time to reflect on all the possible strategies in order to find the most direc...
Game
SWOT Analysis
Often times your end state is not what you desired, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before you begin...
Game
Cover Story
One of the most effective techniques to recognizing common dreams people have for your company is to ignore all limits and imagine what "could be." With The Grove's Cover Story game, players can unleash their visions...
Creativity
Creativity and innovation
Games for ideation, original ideas, innovation, differentiation, and new options.
Game
What Can You Do With Me?
The emphasis is on teamwork by providing some tools to have everybody participating, as well as introducing lateral thinking concept aiming at proposing alternatives within a non-judgmental framework. Ultimately, part...
Game
Innovation Generator
Innovation drives business; without it, companies would remain stationary and get trampled by the competition. Whether altering our products or creating new ones, we thrive on advancements. Scott Sehlhorst, President...
Game
Safe Bold Framework
Corporate Executive Board's Executive Director Matthew Dixon and Managing Director Brent Adamson have developed an insightful technique to help organizations develop a customized pitch. This Commercial Teaching approa...
Game
Challenger Selling Model
Notecard icons represent ideas for each of the sections of the Venn diagram. Drag them to the chart and describe what what they represent. Collaborate to balance the skills needed to create a sales strategy customized...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Job or Joy
This game helps you discover what you and your colleagues like best and least about your jobs. When doing something you love, it is easy to get lost in the activity for its own sake, which stimulates creativity and co...
Game
Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
Game
Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
Game
Whole Product
In today's competitive business environment, it is necessary to understand how to differentiate your product to stand out from the competition and gain customers. The Whole Product Game - inspired by Ted Levitt's "Who...
Game
Speed Boat
Customers have complaints. And, if you simply ask them to complain, they will. This may be OK, but be careful: the seemingly harmless snowflakes of a few minor problems can quickly become an avalanche of grievances fr...
Game
Cover Story
One of the most effective techniques to recognizing common dreams people have for your company is to ignore all limits and imagine what "could be." With The Grove's Cover Story game, players can unleash their visions...
Game
Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...
Game
How-Now-Wow Matrix
While creative ideas often form during the brainstorming process of a project, originality can be lost as time goes on. Complicated plans, difficult decisions, and limited resources often force you to resort to used,...
Alignment
Team and business alignment
Games for shared purpose, colleagues, sales strategy, pitch work, and business direction.
Game
What Can You Do With Me?
The emphasis is on teamwork by providing some tools to have everybody participating, as well as introducing lateral thinking concept aiming at proposing alternatives within a non-judgmental framework. Ultimately, part...
Game
Preview unavailable
Mission Statement Builder
You have a purpose in life. You know in your heart what's most important to you. In fact, your mission and values are expressed every day, by how you live-you just may not realize it.
Game
Innovation Generator
Innovation drives business; without it, companies would remain stationary and get trampled by the competition. Whether altering our products or creating new ones, we thrive on advancements. Scott Sehlhorst, President...
Game
Safe Bold Framework
Corporate Executive Board's Executive Director Matthew Dixon and Managing Director Brent Adamson have developed an insightful technique to help organizations develop a customized pitch. This Commercial Teaching approa...
Game
Challenger Selling Model
Notecard icons represent ideas for each of the sections of the Venn diagram. Drag them to the chart and describe what what they represent. Collaborate to balance the skills needed to create a sales strategy customized...
Game
Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization
Overwhelming backlog lists are paralyzing, making it seemingly impossible to take the first step in conquering accumulated assignments. Not only do these intimidating to-do lists constantly grow, but they lose efficie...
Game
Innovation Ambition Matrix
A company's survival depends on its ability to innovate and advance. However, ideas to do so often become diluted by poor management strategies. This leaves your team with a chaotic scattering of competing attempts ra...
Game
Two Brains Tell It and Sell It
Just like brain lateralization - the right hemisphere controls imagination and feelings while the left side manages facts and details - creating a persuasive slogan or pitch requires the perfect balance of emotion and...
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Job or Joy
This game helps you discover what you and your colleagues like best and least about your jobs. When doing something you love, it is easy to get lost in the activity for its own sake, which stimulates creativity and co...
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Franklin Covey Opportunity Overview
In today's troubling economy, it is more important than ever to create long-term, trusting relationships with your clients. Doing so will both solidify your business and increase your sales. However, this is easier sa...
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Circles of Influence
The first step of reaching your business goal is always the most difficult. Where do you start? Who can you talk to? Is there anybody that will support you in your risky journey? Fortunately, Deb Colden's Circles of I...
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Merrill Covey Matrix
Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks...
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Learning Matrix
Iteration retrospective activities are tricky; it is often difficult to think of practical improvements, and reflecting on negative aspects of the project can leave your team feeling upset and unmotivated. A great way...
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Circles and Soup
This game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is used to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors that are within the team's control. During retrospective activities, it is ea...
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Actions for Retrospectives
Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking for areas of improvement. To resist this unproductive slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based on Nick Oostvog...
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Agile Game Incubator
Communicating complex problems can be difficult. How do you get others to realize the intricacy of the issue? Do they know the restraints involved in solving it? What can you do to help them recognize the importance o...
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Whole Product
In today's competitive business environment, it is necessary to understand how to differentiate your product to stand out from the competition and gain customers. The Whole Product Game - inspired by Ted Levitt's "Who...
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Pros Cons
Making a decision can be an extremely difficult process; often times when thinking of your options, the positive and negative aspects of the choices can get jumbled together, winding a tangled mess of confusion. Fortu...
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SWOT Analysis
Often times your end state is not what you desired, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before you begin...
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Empathy Map
In an ideal world, you could perfectly understand what the stakeholders in your company want from your product or service. Unfortunately, this is difficult to fully accomplish, as the expectations of those integral to...
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Bang for the Buck
Bang-for-the-Buck involves collaboration among the product manager and development team to prioritize backlog items. Rather than blindly moving down your agenda without any direction, this game allows you to analyze t...
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Plus Delta
People always have ideas about how to improve products, meetings, conferences, etc., but these thoughts are often structured as complaints. With Gamestorming's Plus/Delta game, you can take this negative feedback and...