Games & Tools

DIXIT: A Board Game

From their website: "Dixit is an enchanting game which summons your imagination. Discover 84 dreamlike illustrations on big cards and interpret them."

‍RORY'S STORY CUBES: A Board Game

From their website: "Once upon a time, there was a game where your imagination had no limits. Epic, fabulous, or paranormal adventures... roll the cubes, make a story!"

‍“ECO”: An Online Game

From their website: “Eco is an online game where players must collaborate to build a civilization in a world where everything they do affects the environment.”

‍CHINDÕGU: Everyday Gadgets

Chindõgu can be used to inspire disruptive thinking and you can find many hilarious examples online. It is described as “the Japanese art of inventing ingenious

everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem.”

IDEO METHOD CARDS

These cards showcase methods used by the design thinking company IDEO

DESIGN METHOD TOOLKIT

A useful collection of creative exercises by Media Lab Amsterdam.

‍IMAGINATION EXERCISES via Parliament of Things

• The Genealogy: “Can you imagine who you were before you were born? Can you imagine yourself as Homo Erectus, a fish crawling onto land, water itself?”
• Empathy Gym/Exercise Room: “This room has only an entrance, no exit. That is to say: the facing wall is perforated with tiny holes. Holes so small no man can go through. Unless you think you are water, or air, or a tiny butterfly.”
• Mirror Room: “Entering the Parliament of Things means leaving behind one’s own perspective”
• Time Room: “A rock pigeon, a white oak tree, and the Pacific Ocean have a different concept of time. In the time room, participants can exercise in getting to know one another’s notion and sense of time.”

‍GUIDED IMAGERY

From their website: "Guided imagery (sometimes called guided meditation, visualization, mental rehearsal, and guided self-hypnosis) is a gentle but powerful technique that focuses the imagination in proactive, positive ways."

‍FREEPIK DRAWINGS

Handdrawn plants by Asmaarzq / Freepik Feather (p. 19) and waves (p. 40) by Freepik

‍FUN BEGINNERS GUIDE TO MEDITATION

Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide

‍GUIDE TO FULL WEEKEND COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS

The Council of All Beings, by Joanna Macy, is "a communal ritual in which participants step aside from their human identity and speak on behalf of another life-form."

‍METAPHORS FOR CREATIVE THINKING

How to use metaphors for creative thinking, and some brainstorming exercises, by Andy Eklund.

ECOLINGUISTICS COURSE

“Stories We Live By” is a free online course intended to familiarize people with the concept of ecolinguistics and storytelling. It is funded by the University of Gloucestershire for public benefit. From their website: “The course is based on the Routledge book Ecolinguistics: language, ecology and the stories we live by. It describes eight ways that language encodes the stories that society is based on: ideologies, framings, metaphors, evaluations, identities, convictions, erasure and salience. Each part of the course covers one of these types of story and includes notes, exercises, videos and (for those who register) discussion groups and additional materials.”

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