Imagine This

The Transformative Power of Edu-Larp in Corporate Training & Assessment

Author:
Blaž Branc
Editor:
Michal Łukasz Mochocki
Book:
Paperback
Language:
english
Pages:
188
Publisher:
Rollespilsakademiet
Price:
​19,90 € + VAT

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Edu-larp (ang. educational live-action role-playing) is the Nordic tradition of educational role-playing games. The book introduces the method in the context of competencies development in professional organisations. The author takes the reader, in his playful and often provocative way, through key HR development, experiential learning (Kolb, Freire), game-based learning, and role-playing concepts.

Through the 10 included case studies the author shows how edu-larp is used for competencies and attitude development in progressive organisations from the USA to Belarus. A must-read for CEOs and HR managers that want to build organisations of the futures with teams from the future.

For the introduction, we serve you the first-person experience of transformative power of edu-larp and how it relates to experiential learning, game-based learning and role-playing. With this whole first-person experience in mind you will get the idea of main differences between »traditional« business role-play and Larp. Three interconnected concepts and the introduction of Game Mechanics makes Larp a powerful tool to enhance different sets of skills and attitudes needed in business life.

By the end of the book you will understand what edu-larp can do for your company. First section of the book (Chapters 2 to Chapter 5) is devoted to foundations of business education, game-based learning and role-playing in business. In Chapter 6 you will find out how exactly Larp works in different institutions and in Chapter 7 you will get the real deal – Case Studies of business edu-larp. In the last part of the book you will be met with troubleshooting, making conclusions on the topic and forecasting some emerging trends in the field of business education. All principles, explained in the book, are underlined with measurable results included in each chapter.

​Emerging new social an economic challenges require fresh skills and increased capacity to adapt. To respond well, new tools are called for - tools that foster a transformative process on all levels of human engagement. The book in front of you is one of those tools. I have used Edu-Larp before and it has delivered for me. I hope it works for you as well.

~ Violeta Bulc (Innovator, enterpreneur, politician)

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Executive Summary

​​Imagine that you could bring a group of people- including yourself - to an extraordinary insight, one that would change how you view a particular issue, how you view yourself, and others, all in a matter of hours. Sounds like a pre-election promise, right?

I myself have experienced the effect of edu-larp three times and I was completely fascinated by its power. It's a great tool for personal as well as for corporate transformation. I also got involved in co-creating an edu-larp game. The myriad details one must take into account in order for the game to work is amazing.

Blaž Branc is a master of designing such games, a master of eliciting hidden human feelings, a master of intertwining the worlds of theatre and business; he is a master of lyrical, metaphorical, and entertaining self-expression, which he uses to open doors into deeper dimensions of thinking for anyone who speaks with.

It is delightfully fortunate that he has turned his mastery into the Imagine This.

- Sonja Šmuc (general manager of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia)