Serious Play & Games

Long before formal schooling and training programs, people learned through play and games. Simply put, this provided a safe way to practice for ‘real life’.

After the Industrial Revolution play, learning, and work became distinctly separate activities. However, play and games have once again become an important part of developing skills in education, the workplace, healthcare, and the military. A good example are executives who play with Lego blocks to plan strategy in companies like Tupperware, Google, DaimlerChrysler, Ebay, Ikea, and Pfizer.

We call Prelude a learning game rather than a team building activity or assessment tool because it does much more than either. Moreover, it’s fun to play. The following definition is helpful apropos. “Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interactivity. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational or psychological role.”

You can discover more about a person in one hour of play than in a year of conversation
~ Plato ~