HOW TO PLAY PRELUDE

“Our staff found Prelude fun, engaging and stimulating. Prelude is a trust accelerator. It

revealed assets in some of our team previously hidden.”

PRELUDE is an interactive onl ine game for v irtual teams that accelerates trust :

• Teams are guided step by step by a trained facilitator.

• Any number of individuals and teams can play.

• Four sequential activity modules, synchronous and asynchronous.

• Combines psychometrics and creative process.

• Scheduled to suit team’s calendar. Each activity is 30 – 60 minutes dependent on team size.

Total time 3-6 hours. May be played on any platform i.e. Lync, Hangouts, Skype, WebEx, etc.

BENEFITS

• Strengthened Emotional Intelligence

• Improved Communication

• Better Appreciation of Diverse Assets

• More Effective Collaboration

• Positive Team Mental Model

• Increased Well Being

FEATURES • 5 development tools in one game

• 20 virtual team best practices

Module 1 iStar: This is an online self-assessment. Players

generate a profile of strengths, capacities, and

communication style in the form of an iStar Badge. The

elements – air, fire, water, & earth – are used as metaphors.

Module 2 iTag: Players use their iStar

profile to create a powerful symbol of self,

called an iTag. These are shared in the team’s

gallery. Uses PowerPoint.

Module 3 weTag: Players are grouped into

four teams – air, fire, water, & earth – based

on their iStar to co-create a new weTag. This

involves negotiation, compromise, consensus, creative thinking. Uses

PowerPoint Online.

Module 4 a l lTag: The four teams face a final creative challenge. This

requires intra- and inter-team discourse, critical thinking, strategy,

communication, collaboration, and consensus. The allTag is a symbolic team

portrait and visual marker of experience. Uses PowerPoint Online.

STARSMART JOURNAL Reflective and practical exercises throughout game

TEAM ALIGNMENT PLAN & ANALYTICS

Team Alignment Plan correlates team soft skills to pending project goals, deliverables, tasks, and

schedules. iStar Analytics identifies whether team has the optimal balance of personalities, skills &

capacitites and how to bridge the gap.

Alexey Pikulev CSM/CSPO/CSP IS A BUSINESS AGILITY COACH, A LICENSED MANAGEMENT 3.0 TRAINER,

AND A CERTIFIED PRELUDE VIRTUAL GAME FACILITATOR/TRAINER.

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