![]() Time to give something back to all the wonderful readers of How to Save the World. This post contains The Knowledge Game, a tool you can use to educate yourself, or a group of business colleagues, about intellectual capital, innovation and knowledge management, and their importance for modern organizations. It’s played as a game, with two to eight teams who compete against each other. Each team acts as the Board of Directors of a fictitious consulting firm, and the objective is to make investment decisions that provide the best ROI. Those decisions require choosing between investing in traditional physical and financial assets, and among six forms of intellectual capital: human, structural, customer, social, risk and innovation. It’s been tested successfully several times with business audiences, and was even filmed once for a business TV series. This is a game for business executives, remember. Serious modern gamers will find this pedestrian, but it’s just the right pace for over-40s. If someone wants to code it to speed it up and make it sexier, have at it. Preparation:
Playing the Game:
The game takes about two hours (longer if you have real accountants or consultants in the room, who seem to especially enjoy playing). The more people per team, the longer it takes. I’m indebted to Knowledge Management guru Karl-Erik Sveiby, who has developed a much more sophisticated knowledge game called Tango . If you enjoy The Knowledge Game, you owe it to yourself to invest a little of your financial capital in Tango. It adds the important additional dimension of choosing between potential recruits with different competencies, so the element of human ‘capital’ is much more fully developed. I’m planning on developing a sequel to The Knowledge Game based on Blogs, Social Networking and Social Software . Ideas and collaborators are welcome. |
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Would have liked to comment but cannot access the server to download the game.http://home.ca.inter.net/~7Epollardd/KnowledgeGame.zip
I also tried to download the game and I also faced the same problem.
Sorry about that. I’ve changed ISPs and the new one won’t let me FTP zip files. E-mail me and I’ll send you the zip that way.
Could you please send me the zifile? I would like to play the game with some of my collegues.Thank you in advance.Mark MeerbeekProRail
I’d love the Knowledge Game zip file too please. PS I’m a Tango facilitator, and have been toying with the idea of a social network organisational simulation. Have you gone anywhere with this idea?
Could you please send me the zifile? I would like to play the game with some of my frends. Thank you. Maris Petersons
Kaye Vivian recommended your game on ActKM forum. I expect you will get soon some interest from others as well.I’d like a copy of the zip file please.Thank you in advance.
Hi Dave,Thanks in advance for the zip file.
Hi MarkI’ve just come across this Blog post through the actKM list. If the Zip file is still available would you kindly send me a copy. I teach at a number of universities an see opportunities to use this game in my courses.Regards, Brett
Hi Mark,I am very interested in your game. Could you send me a zip file. I plan to try the game and invite more people who are interested in KM to play the game too.Thank you.
If the zip file is still available could you please send me? I am planning an elective course, may be I can use it with my students.Thank you.