Many teams expect a Serious Game to deliver the solution.

In our practice, the real value lies elsewhere: you experience dynamics together, recognize patterns, and learn how to transfer what you saw in the game back to your own context.

This demo makes that transfer explicit in three compact steps.

The 3 Core Steps

1. Play together — TeamUp (collaboration under light pressure)

A short, web-based game to warm up, lower the threshold, and surface natural behaviors: decision-making, coordination, communication.

Outcome: a shared experience and a first common language for “what we do when it gets busy.”

2. See differently — The “wrong game, right insight” example

We deliberately choose a game that is structurally similar to your challenge, but not about your topic. By creating distance from daily details, people stop defending habits and start seeing patterns: capacity, flow, bottlenecks, roles, negotiation, power.

Outcome: “Aha, this is what we do, just with different labels.”

Related Exploration: ‘Beyond the Obvious Match — How the “wrong” Serious Game can spark new solutions’

3. Make it relevant — Reflection & Transfer

We close with a reflection:

• Which patterns felt familiar?

• Where do we see the same bottlenecks or feedback loops at work?

• What first experiments could we try back in our daily practice?

Outcome: shared language, sharper observation, and clear ideas to try in the real world.

Optional Add-On: Showcase of a Purpose-Built Game

If you’d like, we can add a showcase of a large, complex board game that was designed for a specific situation.

This gives you a taste of what’s possible when a Serious Game is created from the ground up for unique challenges.

What this demo does (and doesn’t) promise

• You won’t leave with “the solution.”

• You will leave with shared experience, new language, and sharper ways of looking at your challenges.

• The real value comes from connecting play back to your work.

Practicalities

• Duration: ~3 hours (adaptable)

• Format: on-site or online/hybrid

• Group size: works well with 8–20 participants

• Investment: priced as a high-value workshop (preparation + facilitation). We’ll gladly prepare a precise quote once we know your context.

Is this a fit for you?

• Your work is complex (multiple stakeholders, shifting constraints).

• You want learning through experience, not slides.

• You’re willing to act on insights after the session.

Let’s explore

Curious if this format suits your situation?

Write us directly at info@livingmotion.nl (we will respond personally), or use the contact page if that’s easier for you.