Policies Design Game - a framework to co-design strategies for change

Policies Design Game — A Serious Game for Systemic Change

Designing strategies for change in complex ecosystems means navigating conflicting perspectives, partial information, and uncertainty. The Policies Design Game (PDG) turns this challenge into a structured, collaborative process.

PDG is an interactive workshop that transforms strategy-making into a serious game experience. Through a visual map inspired by Simon Wardley's work, cards decoded from real cases, and a co-design framework, participants map their context as it truly is — making different perspectives visible and surfacing meaningful patterns. A set of systemic change tactics then helps translate insights into concrete interventions within an adaptive, long-term strategy.

What to expect Join us for a 3-hour hands-on workshop (with warm-ups and snacks). Although PDG was created to address complexity at scale, early participants have also expressed interest in applying it to organizational change management. What will your suggestion be?

You'll take home

• A hands-on, replicable, and hackable toolkit for co-designing systemic change strategies
• A practical approach to visual strategic maps that make sense of complexity without flattening it
• A format for engaging diverse stakeholders — citizens, decision-makers, and teams — in strategy design
• New perspectives on using game mechanics to make complex institutional processes more accessible

Your Facilitators

Guglielmo Apolloni — Strategic designer and facilitator with 12+ years in participatory processes and urban innovation. He coached the city of Verona through the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative and developed strategies for Trento as European Volunteer Capital 2024. Co-founder of School Raising and Mitosis.

Andrea Riccio — Designer and facilitator specialising in human-centered design and organisational innovation. He led AI initiatives at Deloitte Netherlands and founded Arcolab, a collective dedicated to advanced collaboration methodologies. He facilitates workshops with startups and large organisations and lectures at TU Delft.

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Host or Publisher Impact Hub Berlin