User Satisfaction with Organizational Learning Time-Efficiency in Topaasia Cards

This paper discusses the ways in which design games are used as scaffolds for knowledge creation. Using players’ reports on time-efficiency in deployments of Topaasia Cards, it demonstrates that play appears to foster creative dialogue and meaningful interaction that lead to user experiences of positive organizational knowledge creation.

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