development includes

research

creating & writing

translating

testing

proofreading

updating

data base creation

publishing

distributing

online technology

The diversophy^® development team

diversophy^® is the collective work of many individuals, partnerships and teams over close to two decades. Besides the many authors,developers and translators that you see here and when you visit each of the training game pages, there are many other hands, administrative assistants, technology professionals, proofreaders, test groups, organizations and client partners who have contributed to the product you take in hand or see online.

Generally, diversophy^® game developers work like authors in a publishing house (in this case GSI). They contract with GSI for the writing and developing and/or translating of a game about a specific culture (e.g., USA, China), cultural or diversity challenge (e.g., gender, disability) or activity (e.g., healthcare, global teamwork). They are remunerated for their efforts by receiving a royalty on the sales of the product they have developed and are entitled to buy diversophy^® products at a discount for their own use or re-sale.

To guarantee the quality and up-to-date nature of the information found in each diversophy^® game, contracts last for two years, are renewable and include the responsiblity of creating and/or updating the materials during the contract period.

The world is a very big place, and as some have noted, becoming a very small place, a global village. Culture and cultural issues are likely to dominate the agenda of business, government, economy, family and personal life for the lifetime of those of us now on the planet. That means an ever growing need for diversophy^® and diversAbilities. Our current offerings, abundant as they are, barely scratch the surface of the need

If you recognize this need and believe that you can help to fill it by creating, translating or adapting diversophy^®, please discuss it with us. We are always open to developing new games and related projects that fit our mission of creating global and local competence.

Kim Jurmu

Some of our dear colleagues have left us. We remember them fondly, and know that their work lives on in the hearts and minds of those they served and supported.

Farid Elashmawi