Moving from designing the game to using the game implies adding a completely different set of skills.
You will need to learn how to manage the evolution of the dynamics between the players- be it a simple game, a real negotiation, the management of a major organizational change, a merger, or a political campaign.
Playing games implies being able to constantly feed back into your game the results of what you are doing.
From designing the game, we will move to evolution- something that is not necessarily following your strategy- but that you have to cope with.
This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.
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