Quest
To unlock the power of human potential through innovative leadership development, Gamenamic Leadership harnesses role-playing games and dynamic group interactions to enhance personal growth and foster meaningful community experiences. We aim to develop human capacity for collective creativity, sharing the transformative value of these experiences worldwide.
Journey
To lead transformative educational practices, empowering individuals and organizations to evolve together and become co-designers of shared experiences that inspire creativity, community engagement, and imagine social change.
We specialize in generating fun meaningful development experiences and enhancing leadership.
Our programs help people practice crystalizing purpose with support from a learning community, invest in relationships on the team and in their network, shift mindsets to see more possibilities and reframe perspectives, generate energy that creates real change, and focus on well-being and empowering human experiences.
As a result, we enable people and organizations to generate meaningful experiences with clarity about their purpose, gain self-awareness that fuels personal growth, maximize team dynamics, transform conflict, be more creative insightful, and adaptable, have deeper quality relationships, collaborate and communicate more effectively, get more value from learning in their current work, and build supportive communities and organizational cultures.
…and all while having fun while we’re at it!
We help geeks, gamers, and role-players enjoy combining their passion with their quest for professional growth to power up their leadership ability and advance to the next level.
We help teams in dynamic work environments create, relate, and collaborate effectively under pressure so they can perform at the highest levels while facing increasing ambiguity.
We help organizations generate meaningful development experiences and build supportive professional learning communities that ensure employee satisfaction, motivation, and well-being.
We help everyone encourage experimentation, embrace new ideas, and drive continuous improvement that fosters a culture of innovation, promoting creativity, dealing with ambiguity, and adapting to changing conditions.
Meet the CEO/Founder
Dr. Joe Lasley stands at the helm of Gamenamic Leadership, weaving together his expertise in leadership, organizational studies, and game design into transformative educational experiences.
“Dr. Joe Lasley” is an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine and the CEO/Founder of Gamenamic Leadership, where he merges academic rigor with the imaginative power of tabletop role-playing games to transform how individuals and teams learn to lead in the real world. He is an International Coaching Federation certified Leadership Coach, has a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies, and degrees in Organizational Psychology, Higher Education Administration, and Organizational Communication.
In academia, Joe designs and teaches courses on leadership development, systems thinking, organizational and group dynamics, with a focus on experiential and transformational learning. He has published peer-reviewed research on leadership development through role-playing games, leads action research projects, and regularly presents at national and international conferences including the International Leadership Association, National Communication Association, and North American Simulation And Gaming Association.
As a consultant, Dr. Joe created LeadRPG, an innovative method that blends leadership development with tabletop role-playing games to build emotionally intelligent, adaptive leaders and creative teams. With the LeadRPG Team, he has developed immersive retreats, facilitated custom programs for mission-driven organizations and tech leaders, and produced game-based toolkits used for leadership coaching, team development, and reflective practice.
With expertise spanning group dynamics, adaptive leadership, and game-based learning, Dr. Joe is committed to helping people unlock their potential, co-design shared experiences, and navigate complexity with creativity, purpose, and play.
Join the adventure.
Interested in learning more and following along? Join our community as we embark on epic leadership development using tabletop roleplaying games. We promise to bring you a mix of insights from our research and leadership practices you can apply today.