Thanks to new studies in the field of learning and development we are now more aware of the elements that have to be taken into account when designing an efficient training program. A lot of intuitive assumptions have been confirmed. Researchers and practitioners state a few helpful guidelines: ...

In cooperation with the Ernst&Young Business Academy we organize a 2-day open workshop on strategic company management based on the ProfitQuest business simulation. Registration for the workshop, which will be held on January 16th and 17th , has begun. 

Profit Quest is a practical experience of ...

It is still possible to enroll for the first edition of the open certified training program ‘Application of games and simulations in training and development activities’ starting on November 16th. The program is dedicated to trainers, coaches and educators. Freelancers and in-home trainers, te...

Pracownia Gier held a workshop based on HexGame simulation. It took place on November 15th, 2013 in Delhi at Asian Forum on Global Governance. The Asian Forum on Global Governance is an annual workshop jointly organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and the Observer Research Fou...

April 13th Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych conducted in Rio de Janeiro a workshop based on the HexGame simulation within the frame of the Latin American Forum on Global Governance. Participants of the forum were employees of government and international institutions as well as companies from Europe,...

On April 25th 2014, a new edition of the Roundtable Of Innovation Champions will be organized again by Innovatika. This year’s meeting is organized around the idea of Product Development process. Joanna Średnicka from Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych is going to give a speech on “4 levels and one gam...

Center for European Regional and Local Studies (University of Warsaw) Malopolska School of Public Administration Cracow University of Economics and Poland’s National School of Public Administration are organizing a conference “Learning mechanics in public administration”. During the confer...

From 18th to 23rd of August the annual ISAGA Summerschool will be held in Delft (The Netherlands). Joanna Średnicka will be present in the role of game design coach. ISAGA Summerschool 2014’s scope will be on Governance and Participation, two concepts that describe and are heavily relevant in t...

Between August 17th and 29th 2014 The Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance was held in Hamburg (Germany). The event was organized by two foundations: ZEIT – Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius and Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung. 60 participants – leaders of tomorrow from 28 countries are young profe...

It’s a tradition for Pracownia to organize a workshop with the use of a training game. This time we are going to travel to the land of management. What motivates us to work efficiently? What, on the other hand, makes us lose interest and engagement? Is it possible – and if yes how – to create an ...

On September 16th the newest game designed by Pracownia was tested in our office at Litewska street. The Safari game is based on Andrzej Blikle’s concept presented in his book “To manage differently” and addresses the subject of building efficient motivation and reward systems for employees. It i...

September 22th Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych was present at Warsaw Science Festival for the 8th time. Joanna Średnicka, Jakub Wiśniewski and Łukasz Kozak conducted a workshop based on Pracownia’s newest game – Safari. It is a game about building efficient motivation and reward systems for employee...

On October 17th 2014 Joanna Średnicka – Pracownia’s research and game design expert – gave a lecture on “Design Thinking and game design. How to design powerful simulations?”, which would be perfectly normal but for the fact it was conducted from Warsaw on Skype. The 1,5-hour lecture was delivere...

How to train, motivate and develop employees of small and medium-size enterprises in an innovative way? – this is the main topic of the conference organized by the University of Information and Technology Management in Rzeszow. The conference „The New Dimension of Trainings for the SME sector...

  On December 10th another edition of workshops organized within the frame of HRnews Academy will be held. This year’s workshops will focus on the important challenges of the oncoming 2015 year: Recruitment, Motivation, Development and Business. Each participant will be able to take part ...

Experts from Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych: Joanna Rezmer and Łukasz Kozak took part in the pre-Christmas release of the TV program Republika Kultury, which was about wise Christmas gifts. During the program our experts had a chance to talk about educational aspects of games. They explained why bo...

It is the second time that Pracownia Gier has been invited by the German  ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius Foundation to conduct a workshop during the Latin American Forum on Global Governance. The Forum will take place from 22nd to 31st March in Rio de Janeiro. This year’s main theme o...

Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych in cooperation with Karol Olejniczak from EGO - Evaluation for Government Organizations – has designed a game called Knowledge Brokers. The simulation is addressed to public administration representatives. Its goal is to improve the process of preparing and transmitti...

The year 2015 has been declared as International Year of Evaluation. For over 10 years Poland has been very active in this area. Poland’s activities have resulted in numerous reports (over 900 evaluation surveys), development of the evaluation methodology and public intervention, creation of a gr...

Within the frame of the International Evaluation Year another conference was held on this subject, this time in Chicago, USA. The main idea of the conference refers to the multicultural aspect of evaluation, Participants will have the possibility to hear about examples of evaluation from all ar...

We are glad to inform you that Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych has become member of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce. We hope that it will lead to interesting projects in Poland and abroad. The French-Polish Chamber of Commerce was created in April 1994 on French entrepreneurs own initiative. ...

While searching recently new training solutions for our clients, we have taken into account questions that they most often ask: How to make cooperation within a team easier? How to make people use fully their potential as well as take advantage of the knowledge and experience of their c...

Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych has been invited to conduct a workshop for participants of the second UN Winter School held in Thailand and dedicated to the subject of sustainable consumption and production in Asia and the pacific. The school starts on January 17th and is going to last two weeks. ...

The conference Warsaw Recruitment Days will be held for the 5th time on February 18t-19th. It is the most important event in Poland dedicated to the subject of new technologies and solutions applied in HR and Employer Branding. The conference is organized by HRstandard.pl. A special report on Th...

Pracownia Gier has been awarded the first prize in the competition organized by HRstandard.pl during Warsaw Recruitment Days (WDR). It has been the third edition of the HR Heroes completion. Prizes were distributed on February 18th. We feel very honoured as in this particular category applicati...

On February 10th started the Lenten Lamentations/New Epiphanies Festival (the 7th interdisciplinary Easter Festival). The programme of the festival was drawn so that it reveals the abundance of our spiritual culture by combining traditional spectacles with modern theatrical forms: installations...

On March 14-18 2016 the fourth edition of Meeting Week Poland will be held at the National Stadium. It is one of the most important meetings promoting the Polish industry of event managers. The meetings is co-organized by companies representing the event industry in Poland: Event Industry Associ...

During June 2-3 2016 in the EY Academy of Business Conference Center the Employer Branding Management Summit 2016 will take place, organized by the HRM Institute. This is one of the most important events connected with employer branding work for HR departments in Poland. The Employer Brandin...

During the first Polish edition of ISAGA Summer School 2016 Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych had the pleasure to play our own original game, which won an award in Canada in 2010. The game A Matter of Time, about personal time management and planning in project management was played during ISAGA Summe...