The benefit of constructive criticism showed up again yesterday. Ten volunteers tested a new version of the online EnTeam Game Drawing Together – a collaborative version of Pictionary that challenges teams to draw and correctly guess one picture in 90 seconds on a digital whiteboard. As with all EnTeam Games, the players win together – [...]
Although the most common way to win is a contest in which one side can win only if the other side loses, there is another contest in which both sides lose or both sides win.When your goal is to improve your performance, the standard of excellence is your previous performance. If you can't improve your [...]
Compare two problems: If you see a young child playing with a sharp knife or pulling a cat’s tail, what can you do to redirect the child? If your friend has bought into a bogus conspiracy theory, what can you do to redirect this friend to a more complete picture of the issue? In both [...]
Where is the scoreboard for win-win contests? Popular culture abounds with scoreboards for measuring win-lose contests. How many methods of scoring win-lose contests can you think of in sports, debates, elections, lawsuits, business, education? All scoreboards that measure performance in win-lose contests share one feature: you can’t have a winner unless you have a loser. [...]