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Always mix business with pleasure! How a game is spawning new entrepreneurs...

Have you ever been changed by a game? Whether or not you’re a gamer, you probably have a view on whether games truly have the power to change a person’s attitude or develop their skills. Although using...

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The Power of Plug-ins

What are they and do we need them? – by Graphical Lead, Chris Chadwick. In the land of computers, plug-ins are software components which ‘plug into’ existing software applications. They add specific...

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Serious Games Set For Serious Growth!

Reports show highest growth for game-based learning.A couple of recent industry reports that I’ll highlight in this blog, have indicated very high growth for the worldwide serious games market over...

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New Leadership Game Set For Launch!

A ground-breaking new game for leadership training is being launched at leading L&D exhibition; World of Learning. The 3D, online, multiplayer game is set on a tropical island, in which players...

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Levelling Up Leadership With Serious Games

Leadership, like many other soft topics which are classed as critical 21st Century skills is a tough nut to crack. There is only so much theory one can learn about a soft skill before you need to bite...

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To be or not to be? - Unlock: Leadership, the story of the skulls.

Did you know that the hand gesture for ‘ok’, in the UK, also means zero in France but is considered an offensive gesture in Germany? Neither did I.     You're washed up on a beach after a mystic storm...

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It’s more than just a game – how foundational leadership skills are woven...

Pop leadership theories into Google and you’ll be faced with a vast array of theories such as the great man theory, trait theory, the managerial grid or transformational leadership theory (to list...

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Design Blindness

A blog by Joe Watson, our resident Instructional & Game DesignerA Loose DefinitionThis isn’t a problem unique to videogames or game design. There are likely others names for the phenomenon, but it...

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Do Serious Games really work?

So do they?Yes they do and we have metrics to demonstrate ‘Return On Engagement’!Earlier this year Totem Learning designed and developed a game to educate business owners on greener IT practices. The...

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Serious Games Awards

Here is a list of awards for serious games, its a work in progress so please contact us if you know of any more we can add - or any more detail about submission deadlines for next year's...

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Game-Based Learning In Ugandan Charity

Totem learning has been supporting Ugandan charity The Butterfly Project through the donation of its Business Game, so that young entrepreneurs can learn through play.The Butterfly Project is a unique...

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Remembrance Day

    97 years ago, on the 11th of November, the most horrific war the world had ever witnessed ended.World War I had a final death toll of 17 million people and a further 20 million wounded. It was...

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A Game To Unlock Employability Skills?

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the need to address the employability skills gap; for example the UK government has brought in changes to education inspections from September 2015, giving a...

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New Infographic - A Game to Unlock Leadership

The infographic below illustrates how our new 3D, online, multiplayer game uses learning psychology together with game mechanics to deliver an engaging, immersive, learning experience designed to...

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Team Totem's 2016 Learning Technology and Innovation Forecast

New Year is always a time for looking forward to the year ahead – our team have been discussing what’s on their radar for 2016 and here are some highlights:   PJ (Creative Producer)2016 will have a...

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Battle for the Best Leadership Development!

Does the thought of an away day building a raft with your colleagues leave you feeling excited or nauseous?Does a new concept in leadership training; (a 3D multiplayer online puzzle-based game, set on...

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How Not To: Create A Game With Purpose!

Our partners How Not 2   create some great video training on how not to do certain skills such as coaching, reviews or difficult conversations. Now our friends over at the FBI have released a game that...

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Games Are Good For You!?

It seems there are new risks to our health being discovered every week. Everything is a risk, from stuttering car exhausts to the calming flicker of a candle! Our bodies are under constant attack and...

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Liberating the Learning Process: Leveraging Pedagogical Design Principles of...

Too much of learning is top down, trainer led, sage on the stage – these are the traditional models of imparting knowledge into a mass audience. Originally designed for educating workers during the...

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Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Finals 2016

The 2016 Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Finals took place on the 4th of May at Hogan Lovell’s International in London, which myself and Richard had the pleasure in attending.                This year has...

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