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Learning starts in a safe play space

Psychological safety is not a soft culture topic — it is the foundation on which play, experimentation, and real behaviour change rest. Here is how to design that space deliberately.

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MicroGame

How a MicroGame feels

In a few minutes you experience how a MicroGame makes abstract knowledge practiseable. You make a choice and immediately see what it does.

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Project

Climatools BV

From abstract refrigeration to active learning

For Basic Refrigeration we developed, together with Climatools BV, 21CC Learning and Studium, a digital learning experience in which installation technicians do not only receive refrigeration theory, but actively work with it.

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21CC Education / Studium

CO Wijzer

Carbon monoxide cannot be seen, smelled or tasted. CO Wijzer lets professionals practise recognising risks and making the right safety choice.

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TU Delft

How do you plan containers without losing the overview?

Together with TU Delft we are working on Yard Crane Scheduler: a MicroGame in which participants experience how choices in a container terminal affect each other. The first version is about fourteen years old; in 2026 we are rebuilding the game.

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TU Delft

The Disruption Game

For TU Delft we developed The Disruption Game: an interactive Dilemma Story in which participants experience how decisions ripple through a logistics disruption.

Project

Wijkz

Keerpunt

With Keerpunt we developed a card game that lets players experience what financial and emotional pressure can do to people. First experience it, then have the conversation.

Project

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Experiencing the heat transition by making choices together

The Netherlands has to move away from natural gas, but choosing a heating solution is a complex interplay of factors and actors. The RiRa Heat Network Game makes those motivations and consequences visible by letting players make choices together.

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onITnow

Learning the USM method through the story of Maria

Maria works at a municipal service desk and is drowning in ever-new requests. Her search for calm and control is the heart of a MicroGame Story that introduces the USM method — learning through a recognisable story instead of dry theory.

Project

NNVO

Keeping experienced operators sharp on laws and regulations

How do you keep experienced bridge and lock operators sharp in a field where the rules are constantly evolving? For NNVO, Preludens developed a refresher that challenges experience rather than re-teaching the basics.

Knowledge 11 February 2026

6 min

Two steps closer to serious games

Serious games are powerful tools for learning and change. With a solid preliminary phase and a card game, you bring serious gaming two steps closer — and make it smaller.

Knowledge 11 February 2026

3 min

The moment someone finds their game

Sooner or later, with every client, I see something shift in their eyes. As if a light switches on. That is when I know they have found their game.

Knowledge 12 June 2023

4 min

Game rules — the key to activation and connection

Play is present in every aspect of our lives. With a few well-considered rules you bring elements to life and encourage people to explore, play and start a conversation.

Knowledge 17 April 2023

6 min

Game Thinking — game design as a method for designing solutions

Play triggers behaviour change, and that is crucial for any successful transition. Game Thinking helps organisations align their transformations with the human scale.

Knowledge 14 July 2022

5 min

Find the Game — a game is hidden inside every transition

A game is already hidden inside every change. With the right guidance and method, finding that game matters more than designing new game mechanics. This is how Find the Game works.

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Stories that move teams forward

Learning starts in a safe play space

How a MicroGame feels

From abstract refrigeration to active learning

CO Wijzer

How do you plan containers without losing the overview?

The Disruption Game

Keerpunt

Experiencing the heat transition by making choices together

Learning the USM method through the story of Maria

Keeping experienced operators sharp on laws and regulations

Two steps closer to serious games

The moment someone finds their game

Game rules — the key to activation and connection

Game Thinking — game design as a method for designing solutions

Find the Game — a game is hidden inside every transition

Your story here?