Category: wargames

Thoughts in stimulating future idea

The latest @Hamburg Futures Network was great, as we both talked about the role of games in futures thinking, and then played one – “Thing From the Future”. The concept is relatively simple – There are four categories (Archetype, Terrain, Object, Mood). Each category has a pile of cards, and each card has one word […]

vision, wargames

cybersécurité

For mes amis francophones, or those who are prepared to use an automatic translation machine, let me draw your attention to a recent article about the role of gaming in preparing for surprise events, such as a cyber-security attack. The particular interest of this article is it draws on four different individuals an compares and […]

foresight-to-strategy, wargames

If only decarbonising our economies were a game!

Who: 40 CEOs and senior executives from companies across France, participated today at a Shift Forum organised by the Shift Project. What: They played a serious game. The objective was to decarbonise the production of a fictional fertiliser company whilst keeping the firm 1. competitive, 2. resilient and 3. with a good reputation. What outcome: […]

wargames

What do serious games bring to resilience?

Just presented Robert Grayston as an example of a societal resilience game at @Connections (UK) Professional Wargame Practitioners conference in Brunel University. I had great company with presentations from Robert Grayston and Joe Liano in the same slot. As always, I tried to maximised audience interaction, and e.g. asked what the public saw as being […]

wargames

Role-Playing Competitors

Just been helping a client to role-play a major competitor, and consequently refine their strategy.  A number of interesting insights emerged – a combination of bringing many perspectives together, and breathing life into the business intelligence already gathered. Particularly of note though, was that the existing strategy (which we already developed with the client two […]

wargames