Gamestorming for Distributed Teams
Gamestorming for Distributed Teams is a structured group exercise for context sharing: it helps participants share useful personal or project context.
How to run it
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- Great post. I am big fan of Dave and Luke’s work.
- There are some more opportunities for same-time distributed collaboration that are very handy. Google Docs provides real-time collaboration on Text Document as well as Drawings.
- I use the text document a lot for co-authoring. It’s great since you can see the other persons cursor and highlighting.
- These are great, but if you want to play a specific game …
- One thought on “Gamestorming for Distributed Teams” Great post.
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Prompts to use +
I use the text document a lot for co-authoring. It’s great since you can see the other persons cursor and highlighting.
These are great, but if you want to play a specific game …
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Gamestorming for Distributed Teams. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: I use the text document a lot for co-authoring. It’s great since you can see the other persons cursor and highlighting.; These are great, but if you want to play a specific game …. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Gamestorming; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Gamestorming.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
- Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.