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General Collaboration Exercise · Context Sharing

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.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Personalization This context sharing exercise strengthens Personalization, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. One thought on “Gamestorming for Distributed Teams”
  2. Great post. I am big fan of Dave and Luke’s work.
  3. 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.
  4. I use the text document a lot for co-authoring. It’s great since you can see the other persons cursor and highlighting.
  5. These are great, but if you want to play a specific game …
  6. One thought on “Gamestorming for Distributed Teams” Great post.
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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.

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  • 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.)
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  • 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.
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