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An Innovative Way to Brainstorm Solutions Together Virtually – Serious Play Conference 22.7.2014
Eija MäkirintalaPhD, CEO, [email protected]
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Why?
(Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Environment has changed
Processes not
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Altogame
Eija Mäkirintala CEO, Co-Founder• PhD (Behavioral sciences),
Professional violist • Developer of a unique top
performance and well-being coaching model,
• Business Coach + Trainer, Expert in arts-derived methods in training
Olli-Pekka Mäkirintala, Co-Founder• >25 years experience in software
business, e.g. in Nokia• Business development, Software
and Agile professional, Business Coach + Trainer
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Innovation and agility - why?
Without innovation there is no growth
Without agility there are no timely results
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Would you like to...
• Learn and improve agility?
• Get 5-10 times improvements in your Return on Investment?
• Enjoy new accelerated learning tools?
• Practice different situations and roles without real life limitations?
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LATERAL GALLERY for InnovationAGILE AVENUE for Agile Implementation
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ALTOGAME PRESENTS
NEW FROM THE FUTURE:
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How does it work?
Lobby-chat:• Define your
real-life question
Virtual Gallery / Office:• Play with the team
(2 – N players)
Summarize chat:• Experiences and results• Review the Game log• Buy art online
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How does AltoGame produce results?
Questions and Challenges
Social Drama and Arts Derived Methods
Externalizationand Identification
No Hierarchy andCompleteAnonymity
And, you get complete documentation!
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How can we use AltoGame Lateral Gallery?
1. Innovation tool
2. Group coaching / Coaching
3. Meeting tool
4. Defining shared vision and values
5. Crowd innovation
6. ... And use your imagination...
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How can we use AltoGame Agile Avenue?
1. Learn agile ways of working
2. Plan your next sprint
3. Practise roles and events
4. Carry out mental exercises (e.g. for upcoming new challenges)
5. ... And use your imagination...
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Benefits
IMMEDIATERESULTS
ENGAGEENJOY
LONG TERM IMPACT
SAVE TIMESAVE MONEY
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Who is AltoGame for?
• Distributed teams and networks• Business leaders• R&D leaders• L&D• Teams• Learning institutions, universities• ...Do you e.g.:• have a pressing isssue to be
solved?• want to improve agile ways of
working?• want to refresh your courses?• increase engagement levels?• ...?
AltoGame allowsYOU TO GO BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION!
When you want to enhance a new way of collaboration
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Some user commentsCEO’s feedback: ”In 45 minutes of playing the
game we were able to innovate more new ideas
than in traditional management meetings during
one year."
CEO’s feedback: "The game and
discussions led to totally new
insights which will be used in
service development. We are
going to utilize AltoGame in our
management team work in the
future as well."
"The game generated action-
orientated ideas and we will continue
to utilize AltoGame in our innovation
work."
"We were able to generate new ideas
on how to improve the engagement
level of our courses."
”We had plenty of fun!”
”This is easy to use!”
“I learned totally new qualities of my
colleague with whom I have been
working together more than 15 years.
I didn’t know that he is so
compassionate and nice."
CEO: ”I would like to play
everyday”
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What did we do?
• We modelled our own training programs
• We found a great new technology
• We focused on the problems we have seen in corporate world regarding innovation and implementationWe modelled our own training programs
We utilized high end new technologyWe focused on solving the problems we have observed in corporate world regarding innovation and implementationWe chose to use variety of means to enhance creativityWe linked our game with solving real life issues
What did we do?
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Do’s and Dont’s
• DO NOT transfer face-to-face methods as such directly into virtual world, instead
• DO celebrate the unique opportunities virtual worlds provide
MAKE IT FUNMAKE IT DIFFERENTREMOVE WORK ROLESREMOVE HIERARCHYREMOVE LIMITS OF TIME OR PLACEETC...
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Dont’s
DO NOT (User)
• Plan beforehand too much
• Underestimate people
DO NOT (Developer)
• Underestimate required competencies
• Make the solution too plain and obvious
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DO’sUser:Experiment and learnThe more innovativeproduct the more scaffolding needed
Developer:Combine bestparts of both worldsWork with your customer
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Recognitions
Certified by
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Eija MäkirintalaCEO, Co-Founder+44 7949164235+358 45 [email protected]: eija.makirintala
Play AltoGame -Innovate and Be Agile!
Olli-Pekka MäkirintalaSenior Partner, Co-Founder+44 7593602674+358 40 [email protected]: olli-pekka.makirintala
CONTACT - www.altogame.com
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