Who Do You Trust?
A TrustNet Production
Sri@infinisri.com

Do you work with others?
      Do you belong to a team?
            Do you care about your reputation?

Does reward or punishment motivate you?

Do you think others are like or different from you in matters of trust?

Do you frequently encounter trust issues in your consulting practice, team or organization?

 

25 people registered for this event; many were facilitators and trainers who will now take this game to their clients and organizations
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Come and discover! Let us play together in the "Trustorium"! This is a unique immersive game experience of trust and cooperation in context. You will experience truths about yourself and others. And you will learn how to facilitate this highly interactive and effective game.
Be assured, this will not tax your physical agility - everyone and anyone can play.

 

 

Desired Outcomes:

Deeper understanding of how trust and cooperation are influenced by

Clarity about how to facilitate the game and elicit

Ways to customize the game to different audiences and integrate learnings

WHERE:

Institute of Cultural Affairs

4220 N 25th Street

Phoenix AZ 85016

When:  Sunday, June 26, 2005

9:00 AM

Lead by   Scott Brave + Sri Sridharan + BJ Peters

 

Scott Brave, Ph.D. co-developed the trust game with Sri and facilitated the pilot session in May of 2004 for the Institute For The Future Conference: Toward a New Literacy of Cooperation in Business. Scott is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University, interested in the psychology and development of technologies that foster trust and cooperation.
Sri Sridharan, Ph.D., retired Intel executive, founder of TrustNet, co-developed this game. He has been avidly researching and studying the trust issue for years. He is currently writing a book on Trust and Leadership. An Internet version of the game is under development.
BJ Peters supports people in organizations as they co-create inspired futures informed by their "best" from the past and grounded in shared values of their "now." She uses participative processes, such as Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology and Nonviolent CommunicationSM. She has worked with Sri on Trust Workshops and other related projects for the past three years.

TESTIMONIALS

Comments from Howard Reingold, author of "Smart Mobs" and "The Virtual Community":

Thank you, SO MUCH. Your games were a HUGE hit.

Comments from Andrea Saveri, Research Director, Institute For The Future.
Currently, Andrea is leading IFTF's work in the future of cooperative strategy and the dynamics of collective action:

The games were fabulous! I have heard nothing but positive comments about how fun they were, and more importantly, how they really provided players with an emotional and personal experience of cooperation (and defection!) Many remarked that it helped create a lot of links and bonds that continued throughout the next day and helped in networking and opening up conversations. And, Peter, Howard, and the rest of the presenters referred to game experience in their remarks.

Your work was incredible...thank you so much! The design of the games, attention to the details and nuances of each game, flexibility in adapting them on the fly, and working with us to fit them into our meeting context all were outstanding.

Comments from Peter Kollock, Associate Professor, UCLA, author of "Communities in Cyberspace":

A brilliantly designed and orchestrated set of activities. (personal communication)

Here is what the participants said about the "insight" they gained from the day.

  • My perceptions of my trust-worthiness are not necessarily the same as other people’s perceptions.
  • The physical reality that cooperation keeps energy higher and free.
  • To ask others about their intention to cooperate.
  • My own concept of trust and cooperation.
  • Personal insight about my willingness to share.
  • As we played the game, my goal kept changing. Hey, the next bestseller… Who moved my goal?
  • People play different games by different rules.
  • How deeply embedded cooperation is as a value for me.
  • I avoid risk and play it safe too often.
  • This was a very different game from the ones I’ve observed in the past. The biggest insight is that this group was not very aggressive and needed additional incentive or stimulus.
  • Paradigms I brought with me today impacted my personal choices.
  • How different people act to their own values.
  • The dynamics of trust and individual perceptions and judgments of good and bad.