Created in China more than 4,000 years ago, GO is regarded as one of the world’s most ancient art forms. For millennia, the game has been used to teach strategic thinking through collaboration. Just like in life, experienced players look at the whole board instead of local fights; the goal is not to win, but to play a quality game.
GO teaches how to make better and balanced decisions, starting from a place of serenity. Acknowledging the right of opponents to co-exist and learn from each other, GO is vastly applicable to the modern world as it provides life skills and, more specifically, how to survive in a highly competitive corporate environment.
The following can be finessed in your business by utilizing the GO board:
Used in all levels of formal and informal education, games have always been a natural way for humans to learn. GO, however, is unique in integrating left brain (analytic) and right brain (artistic) capabilities.
Here are some benefits that students and academics may gain from the game:
When linked to a specific unit outline, those benefits can translate into learning outcomes. In business and management subjects, for example, they enhance learning related to:
GO complements standard school academic curricula, developing students thinking processes and enhancing their learning skills.
Here are a few benefits of the game in a school setting:
“Studying GO is a wonderful way to develop both the creative as well as the logical abilities of children, because to play it both sides of the brain are necessary”.
Cho Chikun, among the world’s strongest players and one of the three great prodigies in GO history.