Serious games help people change the rules for just enough time to discover new ways to overcome their challenges. From bridging political differences to gaining insights about what your customers really want, from learning how to fly a plane to mediating family problems, serious games have a lot of applications. You’ll find these stories here, along with information about the games themselves. Click here to find out more about this site’s mission.
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PODCAST: PHILIP SABIN ON WARGAMES AS HISTORY
Prof. Philip Sabin uses wargames in historical research, teaching, and other serious ways.
CONSULTANCY MAKES BOARD GAMES ITS CORE BUSINESS
Focus Active Learning builds teaching boardgames for health care professionals.
NCSA USES GAMES TO GUIDE PRODUCT DECISIONS
Serious games are part of the NCSA’s product management toolkit.
BROCADE PLAYS LONG-DISTANCE INNOVATION GAMES
Using games to bridge geographic and organizational distances.
PODCAST: REX BRYNEN ON SIMULATIONS
Middle East expert Rex Brynen runs simulations for both students and policy makers.
PODCAST: MATT BROWN ON GAMING AND INNOVATING
Matt Brown describes how games improve innovation. Click here to listen.
PODCAST: PETER PERLA ON WARGAMING
Peter Perla discusses how governments play out future conflicts. Click here to listen.
NEW EPISODE OF THE SERIOUS GAMES AT WORK PODCAST
Tomas Rawlings talks about gaming current events. Click here to listen.
MCGILL UNIVERSITY SIMULATES JOURNALISM IN WARZONES
A McGill professor teaches journalistic challenges through a game.
BLOG: SERIOUS GAMES MAKE AGILE MORE NIMBLE
Serious games complement and reinforce other transformational efforts, like Agile.
FIRST EPISODE OF THE SERIOUS GAMES AT WORK PODCAST
Just posted. Our guest is Phaedra Boinodiris, serious game guru at IBM. Click here to listen.
CATERPILLAR USES A SERIOUS GAME TO GUIDE TOUGH COMPANY CHOICE
Caterpillar uses a serious game to choose between existing customers and the future market.
SERIOUS GAMES HELP CSC ALIGN PARTNERS ON A MAJOR IT PROJECT
A serious game helped CSC and several partners deliver a project 20 months ahead of schedule.
BIOGEN IDENTIFIES FUTURE COMPETITION WITH A BUSINESS WARGAME
Biogen used a “business wargame” to deal with the competition in a crowded market.
BLOG: ARE TOO MANY SERIOUS GAMES OVERPRODUCED?
Let’s not let software get in the way of success with serious games.
BLOG: YOU CAN’T PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU DON’T SEE
A serious game helps a company make difficult prioritization decisions.
