A great overview of how Innovation Games and other Collaborative Frameworks can be used to supercharge innovation.

1. Innovation Games® Overview
Version 2.0

2. Objectives
As a Producer and/or Facilitator using Innovation
Games® as collaboration frameworks
I want a basic overview of the frameworks
and Conteneo
so that I can choose the right framework
and right modality of play for the job!

3. Agenda
• Conteneo Overview
• Innovation Games® Overview
• Innovation Games® in Scrum, Lean Kanban
• Innovation Games® and Product Mgrs/Owners
• Innovation Games® at Scale
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4. Conteneo Overview
Why are collaboration frameworks so important?
How do they “fit” with “serious games”?

5. What We Do
Progressive organizations use the Conteneo
Collaboration Cloud to:
• Develop and align strategy
• Create, market and sell products & services
• Prioritize project portfolios
• Prioritize product features
• Improve organizational performance
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The Conteneo Collaboration Cloud
Strategy
Engine
Alignment
Engine
Decision
Engine
Idea
Engine

7. Collaboration is easy!

8. Why am I
here?
Should I
talk?
We don’t
have
budget!

10. Values? Yes!
Ambition? Sure!
Collaboration?
NEVER

12. Why It Works

13. Goal(s) Rules:
Resources,
Constraints,
Actions
Feedback
System
Voluntary
Participation
Four Essential Traits of Games (McGonigal)

14. FUN

15. Engagement
Satisfaction
Impact

16. But…
The Game Alone Does
Not Define Success

17. What is your goal?
Who should play?
What games?
In-person or online?

18. Goal

19. Goal
employees
customers
partners
suppliers
…
Who?

20. Goal
Who
2 ½D Design

21. Goal
Who
Modality

22. Goal
Who
How

23. 4D-Gaming Good!
BUT NOT GOOD
ENOUGH

25. Single
Team
Multi
Team
Scale

26. Scale
Homogeneous
Heterogeneous
Segmentation

27. Scale
Segmentation
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Time

29. Emerging Research Confirms Results
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology tested Conteneo’s Innovation Games
Platform vs. traditional collaboration methods (structured meetings).

30. Four Years of San José, CA Budget Games
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31. Innovation Games Overview
Innovation Games® are a collection of
branded collaboration frameworks.

32. Ideas to ActionTM
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Divergent thinking
Envisioning, unmet
needs, hidden or
unexpected uses.
Understanding
use,
sequencing and
planning,
relationships.
Prioritization and
selection of ideas.
Process
improvement &
ongoing alignment.

33. Envisioning
Product Box
Set a vision for your
product with
customers.
Remember the Future
Understand shared steps
for mutual success.

34. Relationships and Use
Spider Web
Understand complex
relationships from
your customers’
point of view.
Start Your Day
Know how the when
influences the how.

35. Empathy and Insight
The Apprentice
Build empathy for
your customer’s
experience.
Me and My Shadow
Identify needs that your
customers don’t know
they even had!

36. Boundaries
Spider Web
Understand complex
relationships from
your customers’
point of view.
Give Them a Hot Tub
Use outrageous ideas to
establish boundaries and
develop breakthroughs.

37. Hidden Needs and Problems
Show and Tell
Understand usage
from your customers’
point of view.
Speed Boat
Understand the
problems your
customers are facing.

38. Prioritization
20/20 Vision
Understand customer
benefit priorities.
Prune the Product Tree
Develop great roadmaps.
Buy a Feature
Use a virtual market
to prioritize features/projects.

39. Innovation Games for
Scrum & Lean Kanban Teams
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Prune The Product Tree
Speed Boat
Buy a Feature
Whole Product

42. Lean Kanban Has Lots of Meetings…
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What should we
build?
(External / Internal)
How do we improve
our process?
(Internal)
What do we value?
(Internal)
Are we meeting
needs?
(External / Internal)

43. Lean Kanban Has Lots of Meetings…
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What should we
build?
(External / Internal)
How do we improve
our process?
(Internal)
What do we value?
(Internal)
Are we meeting
needs?
(External / Internal)
Prune The Product Tree
Speed Boat
Buy a Feature
Whole Product
Speed Boat
Show and Tell

44. Innovation Games for
Product Managers / Product Owners
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45. PM/PO Deliverables
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Strategy
Tactics
Glue
Longer term
Holistic
Shorter Term
Focused
Product
Vision
Product
Purpose
Why
Roadmap
User Story map
Backlog
Release Plan
Sprint
Lean
Canvas
Business
Model Canvas
Business Drivers

46. Flows
Strategy
Tactics
Glue
Longer term
Holistic
Shorter Term
Focused
Product
Vision
Product
Purpose
Why
Roadmap
User Story map
Backlog
Release Plan
Business Drivers
Lean
Canvas
Sprint
Business
Model Canvas
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47. Frameworks
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Strategy
Tactics
Glue
Longer term
Holistic
Shorter Term
Focused
Product
Vision
Product
Purpose
Why
Roadmap
User Story map
Backlog
Release Plan
Lean Canvas
Business Drivers
Sprint
Prune the
Product Tree
Buy a
Feature
Speed Boat
Start
Your Day
Me and
My Shadow
Whole
Product
Vision
Box
Research

48. Innovation Games Help You Complete the
Business Model & Value Proposition Canvas
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49. The Business Model Canvas

50. The Business Model Canvas
Buy a Feature
Whole Product
Speed Boat
Show and Tell
Spider Web
Product Box

51. Value Proposition Canvas
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52. Core Games Recommended in the Book
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Product Box
Speed Boat
Buy a Feature
Product Box

53. Extended Games
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The Apprentice
Start Your Day
Show and Tell
Me and My Shadow
Remember the Future

54. Innovation Games At Scale
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55. Conteneo’s Games Scale to Large Teams
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San José, CA Budget Games

56. Summarizing Some of the Most
Common Uses of the Games
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57. ProductBox
BuyaFeature
MeandMyShadow
GiveThemaHotTub
RemembertheFuture
20/20Vision
SpeedBoat
SpiderWeb
ShowandTell
StartYourDay
TheApprentice
PrunetheProductTree
Customer Needs
Requirements
Product Usage
Future Products
Innovation Games®
To understand…
… then consider these games

58. Matching Games to Challenges
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Challenge Conteneo
Collaboration Game
Prioritize {Projects, Features, Tech Debt} Buy a {Project | Feature}
Identify / align on values Knowsy®
Identify process improvements Speed Boat
Understand product/service relationships Spider Web
Develop product roadmaps Prune the Future
Develop better release plans Remember the Future
Negotiate scope / complexity Mitch Lacey’s Big Wall
Identify product/service gaps Ted Levitt’s Whole Product
Large Distributed Team Retrospectives Diana Larsen’s
Circles & Soup

59. The Legal Stuff
• All Case Studies, course notes, and handouts used in
this class are Copyright © 2014 by Conteneo, Inc.
with all rights reserved.
• You’re encouraged to leverage Innovation Games®
planning documents in any way you feel
appropriate.
• Innovation Games® artwork is provided under
Creative Commons license “Attribution No
Derivative” meaning, you can leverage the nice
artwork but must credit Conteneo if you do!
• Always remember to use “®” when referring to
Innovation Games®!

60. Twitter: #innovgames
#collabcloud
@conteneoinc
Blog: www.contene.co
www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1719437
Social Goodness

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Mountain View, CA 94040
Please visit us at www.conteneo.co and www.innovationgames.com!