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COLLAB Game

COLLAB encourages a playful reflection on different backgrounds in interdisciplinary teams in order to improve communication and collaboration.

Strength of the method
  • The tool focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration and communication and can be applied with little time expenses
  • The tool is visually appealing & playful: it encourages a playful reflection on different backgrounds in interdisciplinary teams
  • The tool has team building character: The tool uses questions that reveal work-related attitudes, motivations, aspirations and challenges of each team member.
To be considered
  • Not all questions are suitable for all kinds of groups. Consider removing or adding questions depending on the group. (Some of the questions may be considered to refer to private speres. Others are not that easy to respond to without preparation.)
  • The tool focuses on interdisciplinarity. You may think about additional questions for transdisciplinary settings (and please share them with us: td-methods@scnat.ch)
  • The fun character of the game should not distract form clarifying the purpose of playing the game and how a follow-up/debrief could look like.

Read here about the rationale of the brief factsheets (in comparison to method profiles of the td-net toolbox):

GoalCOLLAB encourages a playful reflection on different backgrounds in interdisciplinary teams in order to improve communication and collaboration.
Location in td process phases:The game is especially helpful in early phases of formation of a interdisciplinary team.
Bridging thought styles:

The tool helps to address, discuss, compare, and exchange ideas about disciplinary principles and foundations. Thus, it helps to bridge thought styles based on different disciplinary backgrounds.

Time required to implement the method:Minimum 90 minutes for the game, 30 minutes for a debriefing discussion
Preparation required:
  • Download & prepare the game materials (all open source), or adopt the proposed online version
  • Read the playing instructions
  • Invite players
  • Think about questions for the debrief to ensure that the reflections made during the game are shared and – if applicable – integrated in future work of the team.
Expertise required:

No specific experience required.

Convener & participants:

Researchers, trainers, students

For a detailed description of the method (online, open access), please visit:

scroll down and choose "play offline", "order" or "play online"

Resource compilation in which it appears:

Provided by:

Silja Klepp, Johanna Barnbeck

Recommended by:

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