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May 2012

By popular demand: Change-motivating homemade peanut butter cups

May 31, 2012
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The secret to rocking the house with these little bits of delish is to use surprisingly good ingredients. Here’s how to cook up the prize requested by the winning team of the experimental Conflict Skill-Building Game.

Posted in Building team, Change leadership, Conflict resolution, Organizational change

Game on: We have a winner(s)!

May 25, 2012 1 Comment
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I, as my British colleagues say with classic understatement, am chuffed. This week was the finish line for a big experiment, the 28-day competitive conflict-skills-building game I’ve been running with a client group. The experiment succeeded well beyond my expectations. (For those of you just tuning in, catch the backstory in the Game On: Conflict competition […]

Posted in Building team, Change leadership, Collaboration, Conflict resolution, Improvisation, Leader development, Learning and failing, Organizational change, Workplace communication

Game on: So what happened with the wild cards?

May 16, 2012 1 Comment
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It’s been 48 hours, and you probably haven’t thought about anything but who scored what during Week 3. Who’s going to get that dessert? What’s it going to be? Let me put an end to your sleepless nights. (At least some of them.) Here’s where we landed.

Posted in Building team, Change leadership, Collaboration, Conflict resolution, Improvisation, Leader development, Learning and failing, Organizational change, Workplace communication

Game on! Spicing up the game

May 15, 2012
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Since I am the self-appointed point fairy in this game, YOU all now have 100 extra bonus points. Here’s what happened in Week 2 of the game, and how I used your playful, insightful ideas to spice up Weeks 2 and 3.

Posted in Building team, Change leadership, Collaboration, Conflict resolution, Improvisation, Leader development, Learning and failing, Organizational change, Workplace communication

Game on! An experiment to make skills sticky

May 8, 2012 6 Comments
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I’ve just started a boisterous 4-week experiment with a client, and I could use your help. The idea came from my dental hygienist. She had a life-altering experience playing Game On!, the competitive health and fitness game invented by hilariously irreverent Krista Vernoff and Az Ferguson of Gray’s Anatomy. “It was hard, it was a […]

Posted in Building team, Change leadership, Collaboration, Conflict resolution, Improvisation, Leader development, Learning and failing, Organizational change, Workplace communication

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