Bhaskar Thyagarajan
Designs and facilitates game-based learning experiences that drive behavioral change, social learning, and real-world action at work.
Bhaskar Thyagarajan is the Founder and CEO of BlueSky Learning, where he focuses on strengthening the human element as a sustainable competitive advantage. With nearly two decades of experience, Bhaskar has partnered with leadership teams across multinational corporations, Indian enterprises, public sector organizations, startups, and MSMEs, designing and delivering more than 1,000 programs across industries and geographies.
Known for facilitating high-trust leadership and strategy conversations, Bhaskar blends deep listening, thoughtful inquiry, and practical structure to bring clarity to complex challenges. He has trained over 400 L&D professionals in facilitation-based learning and is certified in MBTI and Belbin. Bhaskar is the creator of the GameWise certification in game-based learning design, founder of PlayKairos, and co-founder of Koach.ai, extending his work into data-informed simulations and AI-supported leadership development.
Donβt Wing It! When Games Tell the Truth: Data-based Debriefing for High-Impact Behavioral Learning
This session challenges the limits of traditional facilitator-led debriefing, where learning quality often depends on observation skill and subjective interpretation. Led by Bhaskar Thyagarajan, the session introduces a data-driven approach that uses real-time behavioral data captured through mobile-based digital games to support more objective, consistent, and actionable reflection. Participants see how in-game choices, actions, and consequences can be tracked and mapped directly to leadership and behavioral competencies.
Through concrete examples, the session shows how gameplay analytics reduce facilitator pressure while deepening insight for learners. Participants explore how to design game-based experiences that intentionally capture behavior as data, enabling richer debriefs and more reliable learning outcomes across leadership development, team effectiveness, and behavior-focused training.
Takeaway: When behavior becomes data, debriefing becomes clearer, fairer, and more powerful.
