Amy Jo Kim

Here’s a heartful greeting from sunny Mexico – wishing you and your loved ones the happiest of holiday seasons, and a peaceful and prosperous new year.

As the year draws to a close, I’m taking a look back at what we accomplished in 2015 – and what’s coming up in 2016. 2015 was a watershed year for our game design consulting company, Shufflebrain. Highlights include: developing our online coaching program, Getting2Alpha – and helping dozens of entrepreneurs around the world create […]

I’m posting this for a friend who’s doing  research on emoji use. If you love to use emojis to express yourself – please take the survey, you’ll help us out AND you may be chosen for a paid study ($100/hr). Thanks! Have you ever wanted to express yourself more fully with emojis? Are you sometimes […]

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been running a survey to better understand how entrepreneurs approach innovation – and identify their most pressing needs and desires. As we analyzed the data, we found that innovators cluster into four main types, each with specific needs and concerns. Here’s a first peek at our Innovator’s Matrix – […]

Can you believe it’s December already? This year has FLOWN by, As a business owner and working Mom, I’m planning year-end holiday activities for both family and business. My goal is to infuse the holidays with joy & vitality – while simplifying our plans and reducing stress wherever possible. This year, our theme is renewal. […]

Today I’m grateful for my extended family  – the amazing friends and colleagues who’ve given us their unwavering love and support through the years. I’m blessed to be surrounded by people that I love, admire, and respect – people who inspire me. It’s a beautiful virtuous circle. I chuckled when I saw this “Be Grateful” […]

If you self-identify as an innovator, entrepreneur, or trailblazer – we want to connect with you and offer some customized, high-value information to help you work faster and smarter.  Take this quiz and discover what type of Innovator you are – plus get a customized Innovator’s CheatSheet with tips you can use right away. Thanks […]

Next week, I’m bringing Game Thinking to the Lean Startup Conference – and I hope you’ll join me. On Monday Nov 16, I’ll be giving back-to-back design workshops on two key areas of early product design: The Lightning-Fast Customer Insights workshop (2:00-3:30 PM) will help you dramatically accelerate your customer discovery process by identifying EXACTLY […]

We recently did a live Webinar for a few dozen eager innovators. Here’s the replay video. Enjoy! If you’re excited about using these ideas to super-charge your progress, we’d love to hear from you – click here to schedule your FREE introductory call

Project-based learning is everywhere. It’s infiltrated our schools and design curriculums – and for good reason. Working on projects is how work gets done in the real world. What better way to learn than by making progress on a project you care about?  Design Acceleration as a service At Shufflebrain, we design smart games and game-like experiences for a […]