Our monthly blog
Each month, we muse about some aspect of negotiation, gamification or philanthropy and its effect on our work and world. Comments welcome!
If you want to take part in the discussion, you are kindly invited to join our group 'Gamification and Negotiation' on LinkedIn.
NEGOTIATING DIPLOMATICALLY: Impressions of The Back Channel
Topping my reading list this summer is Nicholas Burns’ fascinating and wide-reaching memoir, The Back Channel: American Diplomacy in a Disordered World.
THE MAGIC CIRCLE: What is Play and what is Real?
A colleague and fellow play scholar recently brought the work of Jean Piaget to my attention, specifically his work around „double consciousness“ in the learning development of children.
LEARNING PEACE AT RECESS: Introducing Playworks
This month, allow me to introduce another one of our grantees: Playworks in Boston, Mass. https://www.playworks.org
WHY DO WE PLAY? The Octalysis Model of Gamification
Dr. Mark Young shares what he learned about the Octalysis model, developed Yu-Kai Chou.
INGRATITUDE AT HOME: The Calamity that is Brexit
Many of us are riveted to the television to watch the live broadcasts of the increasingly ugly debate in the British Parliament on Brexit, with multiple humiliations of Mrs. May as vote after vote goes against her and the March 29. deadline
GAMES FOR CHILDREN: Partners in Philanthropy
This month Rational Games is pleased to announce the launch of its new strategic partnership with Children of Peace.
“FIGHTING” FOR PEACE: On Judo, Negotiation and Philanthropy
By Wayne Lifshitz, Rational Games Board Member, USA Judo Kata National Team Member
JUMBO COMES TO PHOENIX: Negotiating Multilaterally, Consciously and Ethically
I want to take the occasion of the start of the New Year to introduce our latest game simulation, a seven-party multilateral negotiation engagement called Jumbo.
NEGOTIATING GENEROUSLY: Thoughts on the Caravan Crisis
I hope my readers will forgive me if my final blog of 2018 is a bit polemic. Sometimes, just like in negotiation, passion wins out over prudence and I have to speak out for what I feel strongly about.
THE WELL-PLAYED GAME: Remembering Bernie de Koven
“On the one hand we have the playing mind—innovative, magical, boundless. On the other is the gaming mind—concentrated, determined, intelligent. And on the hand that holds them both together we have the notion of playing well.”