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To: Sultan who wrote (33864)	6/13/2003 9:45:28 AM
From: Paul Senior	Respond to of 118717

OT, OT: Thanks for posting that, Sultan. These types of games or exercises have been very important to me both personally and professionally. (Professionally as when I was a consultant, in another life.) In similar exercises developed for teams - pitting one team "against" another it was found, I was told, that certain groups do much better than others. SWAT teams do very well. Many (most?) business types don't. The key point is one's outlook and goal. If the point is to win or beat the other team, then competition stimulates the emotional aspects: If my team is to win, that means your team must lose. (In these types of games the objective is purposely never stated when the instructions are given.) For SWAT teams - even though we know these people are tough, determined, and macho - one actually finds that their training involves a lot of win-win goals. Apparently, their objective is not to win by just trouncing the bad guys, but to secure an outcome that is acceptable and optimal for ALL the people involved . (an outcome not necessarily what the bad guys want though -g-). So when SWAT teams play these psychologist's games, they see immediately that a win-or-lose stategy is self-defeating. Okay, market's open now...