Cards for Insight: Play
Moving participants closer to shared understanding
In a networked world, we are all learning to navigate
complexities that exceed the capacity of individual minds.
The path forward requires collective intelligence and
structured processes for discovery and problem-solving.
… transform abstract dilemmas into actionable insights …
Cards for Insight provides a framework to help individuals and teams navigate complexity by transforming abstract dilemmas into actionable insights. Each card in the deck acts as an affordance, offering new perspectives, questions, and avenues for exploration. Together, these cards form patterns of play — structures that guide participants toward deeper inquiry and clearer understanding.
… gather around a complex dilemma,
formulated as a generative center question …
Card: Understanding
What if understanding is the ability
to hold space for the possibility of
knowledge, as it emerges and unfolds,
directing us toward deeper insights
into the unknown?
This card reflects how players can navigate complexity: by suspending the need for immediate answers and allowing space for knowledge to evolve organically. Understanding becomes the ability to facilitate new discoveries and adapt to emerging information.
… associate your thoughts to and between the cards …
(patterns of play, before, after and between the cards)
Card: Information turned Knowledge
The functional dimension of information
turned knowledge involves the practical
utility and effectiveness of knowledge.
In the context of our card-based approach, this translates into using cards as functional tools for structuring information, generating insights, and making decisions.
Cards serve as building blocks that allow individuals and groups to organize, categorize, and manipulate information. Each card has a specific function, whether it’s asking generative questions, capturing insights, setting preferred outcomes, or providing a framework for discussions.
… take thought, make small moves along paths of purposeful
action and cultivate understanding as generative closure …
Card: Insight
A transformative and clarifying
realization that shifts perspective,
unlocking possibilities for action.
… engage in card-play conversations
conducive to turning insights actionable …
Card: Insight
A sudden flash of understanding,
a new perspective revealing a
clear path to solving a problem.
… capture small group genius insights and
create knowledge artifacts and cardcasts …
Cards as Building Blocks of Preferable Outcomes
Cards serve as stepping stones in navigating the journey from questions to preferable outcomes. Each card interaction moves participants closer to a shared understanding, aligning collective intelligence with paths that lead toward innovation and insight. Through patterns of play — probable and preferable — Cards for Insight fosters the transformation of individual insights into collective wisdom.
x-axis: Intelligence becoming ability.
y-axis: Behavior becoming agency.
z-axis: Information becoming knowledge.
This 3D model highlights how participants can build agency, understanding, and collective intelligence through structured card-play.
Cards for Insight: Booster Packs
Catering to Specific Needs, eg Progress, Creativity, Leadership …
Booster packs add depth to the core deck, focusing on specific themes that guide players toward more targeted inquiries. Each pack contains approximately ten cards, which act as thematic extensions of the main deck, providing additional tools for exploring complex dilemmas.
Cards for Insight: Summary, Core Innovation, and Value Proposition
Summary
Cards for Insight is an innovative platform that transforms complex dilemmas into actionable insights through dynamic card-play, structured inquiry, and collaborative conversation. It is designed to help individuals and teams navigate complexity by fostering collective intelligence and generating deeper understanding. By engaging with a 500-card source deck and customizable booster packs, users can explore intricate problems, align on goals, and co-create preferable outcomes.
Core Innovation
The core innovation lies in the combination of structured card-play, inquiry-based dialogue, and AI - assisted insights. Each card acts as an affordance for discovery, and patterns of play guide participants from questions to insights. By weaving these patterns into a sequence of actions, Cards for Insight transforms how individuals and groups approach complexity. AI augments, amplifies and enhances this process by analyzing patterns, suggesting alternative paths, and helping participants synthesize collective wisdom.
Value Proposition
Cards for Insight offers a unique blend of tools and processes designed for navigating complexity and facilitating deep inquiry.
