The game empowers those who play it to work and communicate constructively across differences. The game takes players from “ethnocentricity” — being centered in one’s own culture, the way we find ourselves when we first face diversity — to “diversophy”, a state of higher cultural sensitivity and skill.
In their path to improved cultural competence, players respond to five types of cards that make up the deck:
| diversiSMARTS |
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Cards challenge players´factual knowledge about specific cultural topics. |
| diversiCHOICE |
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Cards put players in intercultural situations that challenge them to make decisions about how best to behave or respond.
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| diversiSHARE |
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Cards enhance communication and teambuilding skills. They encourage discussion by asking players to share something about themselves, their opinions and feelings. They underline the message that we are all different, even in our own cultural groups, and that we can continue to learn from each other.
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| diversiRISK |
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Cards put the players in situations that are beyond their control. Some situations are "positive” (+) and some “negative” (—). These cards allow players to experience, in a non-threatening way, how differences can create unexpected benefits or costs.
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| diversiGUIDE |
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Cards offer wisdom from different cultures and recommendations that encourage the players to look for opportunities to apply it in their work or life.
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