This is a presentation that was made to the Knowledge Management Leadership Forum in Melbourne, Australia in March 2013

1. A Perfect Storm:
Games,
Collaboration,
& Knowledge Management
Marigo Raftopoulos
Strategic|Games|Lab

2. An era of wicked problems
Needs a different approach

4. It’s all about

5. It’s not about knowledge
It’s about the experience

6. Rediscovering

7. Connecting
Communities

8. Reframe
the
Problem

9. Redefining boundaries

10. Health Behaviours

11. Teaching millennials
WoW, MineCraft, SimCityEdu, Civilisation…

12. Improve AI
Algorithms

13. Ideation

14. Problem Solving

15. Collaborating

16. Let’s Play!
1. Take one of the colored
circles off the floor:
This is your unique
superpower!

17. Let’s Play!
2. Pair up with some one with
a different color
A dynamic duo!

18. Let’s Play!
3. Now pair your pair with
another pair 
Make sure the four of you
have a different color circle

19. Let’s Play!
What just happened?
Self organisation ftw!

20. Let’s Play!
4. Your foursome to join
another foursome
You are now a GUILD of 8
You are all ALCHEMISTS

21. Let’s Play!
5. This is your QUEST
One of your team members has the deadly spotty
virus.
Your guild needs to create a string of molecules to
create the vaccine that will save their life.
Your guild needs to form a chain to get the vaccine
to them in time
We have limited resources. We have limited time.

22. Every game has rules!
(a) The spinner will indicate the colored circle that is
needed to form a chain, one step at a time
(b) A team member with the right circle will leave the pool
one at a time to form a chain (the circles must be touching
each other in the chain)
(c) When the pool is empty, circles can be taken from the
back of the chain & moved forward
(d) Every team member needs to be part of the string or
else the chain is incomplete and ineffective
(e) The first team to finish gets the vaccine first!

23. Let’s Play!
Go!

24. Debrief…this is knowledge

25. Debrief v2…this is a game

26. Both tackled the same
problem, with the same
information.
However, only one got the answer
faster.
Guess which?

27. Empowerment, Agency, Urgency, Autonomy,
Mastery, Purpose, Collaboration

28. Using knowledge management to solve
problems through enhanced engagement
QUEST
STORY
PLAYERS
RULES
GAMEPLA
Y
MECHANI

29. Let’s Prototype

30. Traditional Thinking
The name of the project is __________________
The problem is about ________________________
The target user is _______________________
Who will be performing the tasks of_______________
KPIs used will be _______________,
_________________ and ___________________.

31. Game Design Thinking
The name of the game is __________________
The story is about ________________________
The target player is _______________________
Who will be solving the problem
of_______________
Using game motivators of _______________,
_________________ and ___________________.

32. Thank you for playing !
Marigo Raftopoulos
marigo@strategicgameslab.com
Mobile/Cell: 0412 183735
Skype: marigo.raftopoulos
Twitter:@Marigo
Blog: http://talesfromthecasbah.blogspot.com
Web: www.strategicgameslab.com