Facilitation vs. Presentation
Monday, November 3, 2008 by Dave Blum Something very unusual is going on in the communication between me and my wife, Jen! It started a couple of weeks back, when my wife and I were on a plane coming back from Indianapolis, where we had both attended the national conference of the North American Simulation […]
Treasure Hunts vs. Scavenger Hunts: there is a difference
Friday, October 31, 2008 by Dave Blum In common parlance, the terms “treasure hunt” and “scavenger hunt” are used pretty interchangeably. Both involve going out and searching for something, then getting scored in some fashion for your work output. However, for people in the “hunt community” — and yes, there IS a community — treasure […]
Lowering the Water Level
Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Dave Blum A useful way of thinking about people is to consider them as icebergs. As we all learned in school, the majority of an iceberg’s mass is below the surface. What we actually see as we’re cruising around is only a very small portion of what an iceberg is all […]