Diversity: a game for exploring differences that are more than skin deep
Now there is an energizing game that helps people quickly recognize and understand the unique blend of thinking style preferences that make up their group. Playing Diversity , a card game created and developed by Ted Coulson and Alison Strickland of Applied Creativity, Inc., will help you:
- Involve people quickly in your meetings or workshops while they get to know each other in a high energy activity.
- Explore the similarities and differences in thinking style preferences that are available in a group.
- Introduce the concept of diversity in an interesting non- threatening way.
- Lead people to discover that mental preferences are not "right" or "wrong"-- they just are.
- Quickly arrange people in small groups within a larger workshop or meeting group that are either homogeneous or heterogeneous in thinking style/mental preference
- Facilitate a discussion of the group's thinking style strengths and potential blind spots.
- Build understanding and appreciation of those with different thinking style preferences.
- Introduce a dialogue about ways to use the group's strengths productively and their differences synergistically.
Leading corporations and organizations use Diversity. Today the game has been translated into French, German, and Spanish and people are playing Diversity all around the world. You can use Diversity as an activity in your meetings and training programs or as the focus of an entire workshop.