Lean Training and Simulation Tips

@JamieFlinchbaugh, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean discussed in this podcast simulation games and how the Lean Learning Center designs and uses them. Jamie is an individual and the Lean Learning Center, an organization that practices what they preach, Lean. Jamie’s insightful responses are lessons for any trainer. I encourage you to check out Read More …

Learn to think like a Gamer

Dr. Karl Kapp, author of The Gamification of Learning and Instruction was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Learning with Gamification. If you need an introduction, or maybe you are ready to take the next step and gamify a few engagement strategies or your training. This podcast and transcription are a great place to start. Read More …

New Media Storytelling, Are you ready?

Transmedia Storytelling is a story experience both for and with an audience that unfolds over several media channels. Author Andrea Phillips provides a fantastic introduction in this podcast and in her new book, A Creator’s Guide to Transmedia Storytelling. A previous written excerpt can be found at, The Future of Simulation Games: Transmedia Storytelling. The Read More …

Have you ever had a simulation game that bombed?

Later this week, I have a podcast with Jamie Flinchbaugh, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean discussing simulation games and how the Lean Learning Center designs, uses and the expected outcomes of them. After reviewing the podcast, I have to agree with Jamie in his description of applying PDCA to them. An individual and Read More …

Can your Audience be your financier?

TEDx Transmedia 2011 – Liz Rosenthal quotes Oscar Wilde: “An Economist knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” So who understand value? Liz discusses how your audience can become your funding mechanism. How good is Transmedia Storytelling? If sales and marketing are storytellers, could we measure their success on how much money Read More …