Through hands-on gaming and interactive theatre, we help organisations and groups engage with key principles from complexity theory and resilience thinking to problem-solve and envision futures.

Boho builds games, narrative scenarios and playful exercises to explore key concepts from complex systems science in order to teach participants vital ways of communication and knowledge brokering.

Participants develop their ability to work as a team, to respond creatively to challenges, and to streamline decision-making procedures.

Participants can tailor their workshop to receive:

• An understanding of key concepts from complex systems science and resilience thinking

• A systems thinking primer

• A visual systems map of their own organisation identifying potential thresholds, tipping points, risks and opportunities

• Gaming tools to bolster their own methods of systems communication and problem solving.

These workshops have been developed in collaboration with research scientists from institutions such as University College London, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the Earth Observatory Singapore and CSIRO (the Australian Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation).

WORKSHOPS MENU

Choose from one of our pre-existing game/workshop packages and we will work with you to customise it to your specific organisational challenges.

To enquire about workshop possibilities and/or request a quote, contact us at info@bohointeractive.com.

Game Design Workshop
If you want to understand complex systems, don't just play games—make them! One of the best ways to illustrate the behaviour of real-world systems is to turn them into games. Games bring together systems models, design thinking, creative storytelling and facilitation. In this workshop, participants will learn the core principles of game design that Boho uses, then apply these principles to create playable game prototypes based on their own organisation.
Time: 3 hours

Systems Mapping Workshop
Using the tools of Resilience Assessments, we help participants map their own organisation as a system. This map will help identify where the organisation is resilient and where it is fragile, and help participants think more systemically about challenges and opportunities. In the second part of this workshop, participants take charge in an interactive scenario in which multiple shocks impact their business in quick succession. Afterwards, participants will receive the visual systems map of their own organisation, identifying potential thresholds, tipping points, risks and opportunities.
Time: 1/2 day

Systems Mapping for Creative Development
A workshop for artists, game-makers, writers and designers. Boho has developed a method for using the tools of systems science to develop interactive performances and games. In this workshop, we explore how systems science can be applied to the arts, and how systems mapping can act as a crucial foundation for a creative collaboration.
Time: 3 hours

Best Festival Ever: How to Manage a Disaster
In this exploration of complex systems, players take charge of a music festival. Over the course of 90 minutes, participants take on every aspect of the festival's management, from choosing the bands, engaging the sponsors, building the festival site, and managing the crowds when it all goes wrong. This is a fun, playful exploration of resilience thinking and the challenges of managing a complex system.
Time: 90 minutes + optional debrief

Save Grandma
What lessons in management and resilience can we learn from volcano and typhoon evacuations? In 2018, Boho worked with the Earth Observatory Singapore to create a series of games to help government officials in south-east Asia prepare for natural disaster events. We have curated a selection of these games into a short workshop for businesses and communities to help them develop their disaster preparedness and crisis management capacity.
Time: 3 hours