Concept Game

In a previous post about the Future Workspaces Concept Game we have described how individials can be inspired by the concepts in the game and how it can help them think about how they want to live and work in the future.

When the Concept Game is played by more people in an organization, it can help that organization determine what aspects of future ways of working are important for the people in that organization. The Concept Game can be played in a workshop of 8 to 10 people. In the workshop, people first select their own favourite and not favourite concepts. Secondly, the choices are explained and discussed by the group. Finally, a coherent view is created on what issues and opportunities of future ways of working are most important for the organization. You can download a flyer about the Future Workspaces Concept Game Workshop here.

Within Future Workspaces, many concept ideas have been developed. The Concept Pool page on this website shows some of them. To inspire knowledge workers and to gain more insight into what concepts or concept areas appeal to them, we have created the Concept Game.

The physical version of the Concept Game can be played individually or in a workshop. It is also possible to play the Concept Game online.

Click here to start playing the Concept Game online. You will be asked to select your favourite and least favourite concept ideas. Please also tell us why you have selected these concepts and submit your choices. It will help us to focus our future plans and concept development.

The online version of the Concept Game was developed by Steven Haveman.

» Start the Concept Game

We also developed our Concept Game into an application that can run on a Microsoft Surface Table .
The Game works in a similar way to the online version. A player can enlarge cards, turn them around and sort them to select the concepts he or she likes best and the one that he or she likes the least.

Subsequently, some questions are asked about the concepts. The answers can be given by using a slider. We chose this solution because sliding a bar on a surface table is much easier than having to use a virtual keyboard to type answers. Finally, the player can submit his or her choices and feedback to the Future Workspaces team.

The video below shows how the Concept Game for MS Surface Table can be played. The game now runs at the Surface Table at the Rabobank.

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