Module 2 of my course "Innovation Games(tm) for Agile Teams and Organizational Change" Course based on and includes the work of Luke Hohmann, Enthiosis, and the Innovation Games(tm) Company.

1. Serious Play:
Cognitive Aspects
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2. Why Do The Games Work?
Many cognitive reasons, but two key are:
• L-mode/R-mode integration
• Simulation as “shared space”
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3. L-Mode/R-Mode
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4. Your Brain
Von Neumann DSP
“ Dual-CPU, Single Bus, Shared Memory* ”
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5. R-Mode
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(We used L-Mode to draw the Caterpillar)
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7. Simulation is a “Shared Space”
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8. Simulation is a “Shared Space”
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9. About This Course
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