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Game of Goose – Instructions
Posted By nynke On August 19, 2009 @ 4:36 pm In New information | No Comments
This Game of Goose, an old Mehen board game, with its changed rules, is intended to create space for awareness of likely responses of a body (operational system) to given objectives and to strategic aim changes from the head (executive system). The rules have been adapted to serve collectives.
And by association this game prepares the way for systems that wish to steer and anticipate change.
This game must be embedded in something like an experiential learning cycle, learning in which people do something – not just think about something. Minimally this cycle would be something like:
The objective given to teams clearly states the whole team needs to get to the end of the obstacle course. So far nearly no teams figured out playing with non-existing individual rules by themselves. Facilitators may perhaps need to introduce this notion as transforming idea with respect to game timing and team energy pressures. Around ten minutes in the game I use sentences like “You seem to be playing against rules in your head”.
What were the key elements of the game for you?
Which parts came through very clearly for you?
Which parts were unclear?
What did you like, or not like, about the game?
Where did your team struggle most?
Where did you have breakthroughs and/or new insights?
Has the game been fun?
Did it meet your expectations? If so, how has it met your expectations?
How will you be applying what rule changes you made?
What follow up is likely to help you apply effectively what you have learned?
Who else, do you think, could benefit from playing this game too?
And by all means, if you facilitate/play the game, share some of your learnings with us? Grant us some feedback!
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