The Before-and-After Map
Your exhibit tells a story of making complexity usable. The strongest evidence is a clear explanation of what changed and whom it helped.
A prompt to try: Document one improvement with a concrete before and after.
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Which Project Would Headline Your Imaginary Portfolio?
Curate a fictional exhibition of work you enjoyed doing, focusing on the process rather than a job title.
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For entertainment: your answers select a fictional story, not a factual prediction. See how this game works ↓
Inside the game
How your choices shape this result
The answer weights below are the rules used by this game. Add the points from your chosen options; the outcome with the highest total wins. These points express our game design, not a measurement of you or anyone else.
When outcomes tie, a repeatable calculation chooses between them. Names can affect that tie-break; they do not reveal private information. Percentages, initials, ages and dates in outcome titles are authored parts of the story, not calculated probabilities or forecasts.
Your headline project shows…
- An idea made visually memorableThe Idea Made Visible: 3 points; The Shared Achievement: 1 point
- A group supported through a challengeThe Shared Achievement: 3 points; The Experiment That Taught Us: 1 point
- An experiment that revealed a new pathThe Before-and-After Map: 1 point; The Experiment That Taught Us: 3 points
- A messy system made understandableThe Before-and-After Map: 3 points; The Idea Made Visible: 1 point
Beside the finished work you display…
- Notes about shared decisionsThe Before-and-After Map: 1 point; The Shared Achievement: 3 points
- Early sketchesThe Idea Made Visible: 3 points; The Experiment That Taught Us: 1 point
- The original problem mapThe Before-and-After Map: 3 points; The Shared Achievement: 1 point
- The test that changed your mindThe Idea Made Visible: 1 point; The Experiment That Taught Us: 3 points
The visitor question you welcome is…
- Why did you choose that formThe Before-and-After Map: 1 point; The Idea Made Visible: 3 points
- How did people work togetherThe Idea Made Visible: 1 point; The Shared Achievement: 3 points
- What did you learn from tryingThe Shared Achievement: 1 point; The Experiment That Taught Us: 3 points
- How did the pieces connectThe Before-and-After Map: 3 points; The Experiment That Taught Us: 1 point
Explore the possible outcomes
You can read every outcome before playing. Compare a theme with a real example from your life, and keep any part that gives you a useful question.
The Idea Made Visible
Your exhibit shows how a form can help an idea land. The interesting choices include what you simplified, emphasized, and deliberately left out.
A prompt to try: Explain one design choice using its purpose.
The Shared Achievement
Your exhibit makes collaboration visible without claiming everyone's work as your own. It describes your contribution and the conditions that helped the group.
A prompt to try: Describe a team contribution with accurate credit.
The Experiment That Taught Us
Your exhibit values a changed understanding as a real outcome. An unsuccessful first approach belongs in the story when it explains a better next step.
A prompt to try: Record what a recent attempt changed your mind about.
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The idea behind Portfolio Exhibit
Curate a fictional exhibition of work you enjoyed doing, focusing on the process rather than a job title.
This game contrasts The Before-and-After Map, The Idea Made Visible, The Shared Achievement, and The Experiment That Taught Us. Choose the scene you would enjoy, then compare the result with another route through the story. The scoring guide on this page shows exactly which themes each option supports.
Consistent, not predictive
Your choices add the points shown in the scoring guide above; a repeatable calculation resolves ties. The same answers return the same result. No answer can verify a fact, identify another person, or forecast a real event.
A better conversation starter
Compare your Portfolio Exhibit outcomes. Read the other person’s story as well as your own, then each explain one choice you nearly made differently.
Take the idea further
- Document one improvement with a concrete before and after.
- Explain one design choice using its purpose.
- Describe a team contribution with accurate credit.
- Record what a recent attempt changed your mind about.