A game to cooperate, create, share… and move forward together.
The COcréations Game is a collective intelligence game created by Anne Wormser, Élodie Vialle, Jean-Denys Joubert and Caroline Kraemer, four co-authors brought together by a shared ambition: to harness the power of play, human connection, creativity and cooperation to support both individuals and groups.
Their goal? To create a tool that helps people generate ideas and solutions together, learn from one another, get to know each other better, strengthen relationships and help everyone move forward, in a cooperative rather than competitive environment.
This expanded second edition, published by Éditions Quatre Couleurs, includes a particularly rich set of materials that can be used in many different ways: two comprehensive collective intelligence journeys and three shorter games that can be played independently.
5 games in 1
The COcréations Journey: moving forward with the help of the group
One player becomes the “hiker” and shares with the group a situation, concern or project they would like to make progress on. The other players become their teammates.
Questions, active listening, clarification, suggestions, creativity and, finally, action guide the group through the journey. Inspired by co-development, this mode offers a hands-on experience of the power of a group working together to support one person: “All for one.”
Speed Créa: let the ideas flow
Here, the whole group works on a shared topic: “One for all.”
After a creative warm-up, participants explore their challenge using a range of creativity techniques: Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, reversal, acronyms, exaggeration, and Kent and Rosanoff’s 100-word list. The ideas generated are then explored and refined to help the group move towards convergence.
Ma Météo du Moment: creating the conditions for connection
Nine cards invite each participant to choose a metaphor that reflects how they are feeling in the moment and share it with the group. It is a simple way to open a group session, encourage expression and acknowledge what each person brings with them into the room.
Méga Fort: revealing strengths
Twenty-six cards help highlight individual strengths and facilitate appreciative feedback. They can be incorporated into the longer journeys or used as a standalone game.
Reflets: a complete photo-expression game
This is another major feature of this edition: 35 beautiful, varied and carefully selected photographic cards, which form a complete photo-expression tool in their own right.
Used as part of the COcréations journeys or entirely on their own, they help bring out perceptions, feelings, representations and associations of ideas.
Training, facilitation, meetings, seminars, coaching, inclusion, debriefing… Reflets can become a fully fledged educational and facilitation tool in its own right, far beyond the COcréations Game itself.
A game with no individual winner
There is no individual victory here: the challenge is collective.
Players move forward together, with particular emphasis on listening, questioning, creativity and everyone’s participation. The game provides an opportunity to experience different collective intelligence processes while retaining the lightness and enjoyment of play.
Who is it for?
The COcréations Game can be played with colleagues, friends, family members or members of any group, but it is also a valuable professional tool for trainers, facilitators, coaches, consultants and other professionals who support individuals and groups.
The cards provide both visual prompts and structured facilitation processes, allowing users to gradually explore and adopt a range of cooperation, creativity and collective intelligence practices.
A foreword by Claude Champagne
This new edition features a foreword by Claude Champagne, co-creator with Adrien Payette of the professional co-development group method.
In his foreword, he highlights the game’s simplicity and welcoming nature, its ability to incorporate different methods, and its contribution to making co-development more widely known and accessible. A particularly meaningful endorsement for a game that places mutual support, listening and collective learning at the heart of the experience.
What’s in the box?
The COcréations Game includes 105 game cards and 7 double-sided journey cards.
Ready to facilitate! A QR code gives you access to a downloadable facilitator’s guide, helping you get started with the game and make the most of its many possibilities.
