Organization Systems Renewal® Graduate Program
Celebrate OSR. Now at BGI. featuring:
Thiagi: the Power of Games
The HUB Seattle
Seattle 220 2nd Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
OSR at Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Saturday, November 3, 2012
8:30 – 5:00 pm
Attend the day for $99
Register: http://tinyurl.com/9739o98
Thiagi
The Power of Games
Play with the Mad Scientist of Games
Discover new ways to tap the genius and creativity of groups
Gain skills and fun to apply immediately
Connect with the dynamic OSR learning community
Celebrate!
Bring a prospective student interested in the OSR 19 Master’s Program – pay only $49.
Already applied, or seriously considering applying to OSR – attend for free.
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Dr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan is the Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably.
Thiagi’s long-term clients include AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Bank of Montreal, Cadence Design Systems, Chevron, IBM, Intel, Intelsat, United Airlines, and Liberty Mutual. On a short-term basis, Thiagi has worked with more than 50 different organizations in high-tech, financial services, and management consulting areas. For these clients, Thiagi has consulted and conducted training in such areas as rightsizing, diversity, creativity, teamwork, customer satisfaction, human performance technology, and organizational learning.
Thiagi has published 40 books, 120 games and simulations, and more than 200 articles. He wrote the definitive chapters on simulations and games for ISPI’s Handbook of Human Performance Technology, ASTD’s Training & Development Handbook, and the American Management Association’s Human Resources Management and Development Handbook.
Thiagi currently writes a monthly online newsletter, Thiagi GameLetter. This newsletter, now in its fifth year, features Thiagi’s training games and other creative interventions that deliver results quickly and effectively. He served as the editor of NSPI Journal and Performance & Improvement for more than 10 years. He currently edits the simulation/game section in Sage Publication’s journal, Simulation & Gaming. He is also a contributing editor of the monthly journal, Educational Technology. Thiagi has made hundreds of presentations and keynote speeches at professional conferences. At ISPI,
Thiagi holds the “records” for making the most presentations, conducting the most preconference workshops, and being invited to make the most Encore presentations. Thiagi is also a regular presenter at Lakewood’s TRAINING Conferences and the annual conferences of American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA). Thiagi has been the president of the North American Simulation and Gaming Associating (NASAGA), International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), and Association for Special Education Technology (ASET). He has received 17 different awards and Presidential Citations from ISPI, including the society’s highest award, Honorary Life Member. He also received an Honorary Life Member award from NASAGA as well as its highest award, Ifill-Raynolds Award. Internationally recognized as an expert in multinational collaboration and active learning in organizations, Thiagi has lived in three different countries and has consulted in 21 others.
