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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:51:17 +0000http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1hourly1Comment on Ten Ways Games Can Boost Your Career by David "CrazyKinux" Perry
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David "CrazyKinux" PerryThu, 02 Sep 2010 21:51:17 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=112#comment-1615The stories coming out of EVE Online would blow most corporate management misconceptions about gaming to kingdomcom!
Great list Oliver!The stories coming out of EVE Online would blow most corporate management misconceptions about gaming to kingdomcom!
Great list Oliver!
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Gartner Misses the Point about Game Mechanics and Work « Funware BlogTue, 10 Aug 2010 18:55:43 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=96#comment-1560[...] workplace more engaging overall. Of course, the folks at Seriosity agree with me – check out their talk from the LOGIN conference for more on the motivational [...][...] workplace more engaging overall. Of course, the folks at Seriosity agree with me – check out their talk from the LOGIN conference for more on the motivational [...]
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Drew HawkinsMon, 02 Aug 2010 20:18:40 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=96#comment-1549Gaming is becoming a huge player in engagement. Just looking at the rapid spread of social games like Mafia Wars and Farmville, employers can look at these examples to use in their own modified ways.Gaming is becoming a huge player in engagement. Just looking at the rapid spread of social games like Mafia Wars and Farmville, employers can look at these examples to use in their own modified ways.
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Ryan ElkinsMon, 02 Aug 2010 17:15:53 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=96#comment-1548I really like the ideas here. It will be interesting to see where this starts to pop up and how it is accepted by the more traditional establishments. If we could only harness a fraction of the engagement and excitement some people exhibit while playing games and direct it towards our workforce we should be able to see a good increase in productivity and retention.I really like the ideas here. It will be interesting to see where this starts to pop up and how it is accepted by the more traditional establishments. If we could only harness a fraction of the engagement and excitement some people exhibit while playing games and direct it towards our workforce we should be able to see a good increase in productivity and retention.
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Ryan ElkinsMon, 02 Aug 2010 17:12:57 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=90#comment-1547Game design can be such a tricky thing. The success of these ideas will really come down to how easy it is to objectively quantify an individual's work and how to do so properly. In your other blog post you talk about the danger to the worker (which is something most people aren't thinking of too much) but there is also a danger to the work, especially when incentives are involved.
People can get so tied up into virtual points and goods and badges that they will skip doing the right thing for doing the most rewarding thing. One issue will be if a designer can make those one and the same.
The other thing that worries me is some sort of "points overload". If everything is a game and has its own points and scoring system, does that become harder to keep straight in one's head if they are all fragmented? If they weren't fragmented but unified, would they still have enough context to make sense? Keeping a handful of systems straight is one thing, or picking up a game to purposely play it for a set amount of time - but when that permeates our life, does it quickly become too much?Game design can be such a tricky thing. The success of these ideas will really come down to how easy it is to objectively quantify an individual’s work and how to do so properly. In your other blog post you talk about the danger to the worker (which is something most people aren’t thinking of too much) but there is also a danger to the work, especially when incentives are involved.
People can get so tied up into virtual points and goods and badges that they will skip doing the right thing for doing the most rewarding thing. One issue will be if a designer can make those one and the same.
The other thing that worries me is some sort of “points overload”. If everything is a game and has its own points and scoring system, does that become harder to keep straight in one’s head if they are all fragmented? If they weren’t fragmented but unified, would they still have enough context to make sense? Keeping a handful of systems straight is one thing, or picking up a game to purposely play it for a set amount of time – but when that permeates our life, does it quickly become too much?
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Ian GoldsmidFri, 30 Jul 2010 22:23:15 +0000http://blog.seriosity.com/?p=96#comment-1542The RSS feeds for this site don't appear to be working - My Feed Reader FeedDemon reports "Unable to locate the sites Feed" ...The RSS feeds for this site don’t appear to be working – My Feed Reader FeedDemon reports “Unable to locate the sites Feed” …
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In July, Oliver Chiang of Forbes published a piece about how playing video games can boost your career. The article included a colorful slide show of the 10 reasons why this is so. Most of the examples are from World of Warcraft. We are happy to see Forbes, picking up on the relevance of WoW when it comes to leadership and management.
This story draws on the important work of our friends, John Hagel and John Seely Brown at Delloitt’s Center for Edge Innovation and Ross Smith at Microsoft.
The focus of this article is on the transferability of skills honed in a game into the real world of work. We are very much in agreement.
The emphasis in our thinking is that these ideas and tools are way too good to be reserved for practicing to work. We think the elements of great games should be introduced into real everyday work.
Some work is too hard: productivity suffers because goals are in conflict or difficult to define. Pg 8
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Some work is too hard: productivity suffers because goals are in conflict or difficult to define. Sometimes it’s hard because the learning curve is too steep, or success takes a long time to achieve, or it’s not easy to measure and thus celebrate intermediate steps. Sometimes work is too hard because of interruptions and information overload. Sometimes work is too hard because other people make it that way. Good game design can fix poor work design and bring new life to well-designed jobs that are still too difficult to be satisfying. In these situations, game designs will offer new tools to clarify objectives that adapt to external challenges and will give immediate and intermediate reinforcement for progress accompanied by intrinsic training to ensure personal growth. These design principles are all mainstays of successful interactive games.
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Recently, Byron and Leighton gave a keynote address at the LOGIN conference. Watch their speech about how businesses can and are using games to increase leadership and productivity among employees.
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I really like the ideas here. It will be interesting to see where this starts to pop up and how it is accepted by the more traditional establishments. If we could only harness a fraction of the engagement and excitement some people exhibit while playing games and direct it towards our workforce we should be able to see a good increase in productivity and retention.
Gaming is becoming a huge player in engagement. Just looking at the rapid spread of social games like Mafia Wars and Farmville, employers can look at these examples to use in their own modified ways.
[...] workplace more engaging overall. Of course, the folks at Seriosity agree with me – check out their talk from the LOGIN conference for more on the motivational [...]
Have you watched Jesse Schell’s legendary DICE speech on the gamification of everyday life? If you haven’t, you should. And I mean really, all 28 minutes of it.
There are two main points that really hit home for me. The first because it deals with the thesis of Total Engagement (the Seriosity founders’ book on gaming in the corporate world), and the other because it is just so astounding. I’ll break them down below.
Point #1: Back to Reality. Schell points out that the recent major technological hits (WII, Farmville, Webkins, Guitar Hero) all have a few things in common. Paramount among these is the ability to break through to reality. Yes, these are games, but they all somehow bring us back to reality (WII=the physical body, Farmville=real friends on Facebook, Webkins=real stuffed animal, Guitar Hero= real guitar). This trend is also explored in the movie Avatar, for which we’ve already professed our admiration. Schell shows us that Avatar is all about how we can use technology to get back to nature—something ultimately real and genuine.
This is where the tie-in to serious gaming clicked for me. Employees can use games to cut through all of the corporate garbage that muddles up real achievement. Instead of PowerPoints and buzzwords, games allow people to focus on the task itself, and they are rewarded for doing so. By going virtual, real results are accomplished.
Point #2: Everything will be a game. Starting at about minute 21 of the video, Schell takes us through a day in the life of what he claims is the not so distant future. It’s absolutely riddled with games and bonus points and leveling up, and also full of advertisements for all of the companies that make these games possible. Just about when you’re sickened by the commercialization of it, he talks about how these games are making a living record of everything thing you do. For instance, your grandchildren will know every book you read because of the Kindle/Amazon game you played throughout your life. And then he brings up the ultimate question. Because of these games, and because of the everlasting record they create, will we make different choices and become better people? Or, could it drive unhealthy behavior, as we’ve talked about before?
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Game design can be such a tricky thing. The success of these ideas will really come down to how easy it is to objectively quantify an individual’s work and how to do so properly. In your other blog post you talk about the danger to the worker (which is something most people aren’t thinking of too much) but there is also a danger to the work, especially when incentives are involved.
People can get so tied up into virtual points and goods and badges that they will skip doing the right thing for doing the most rewarding thing. One issue will be if a designer can make those one and the same.
The other thing that worries me is some sort of “points overload”. If everything is a game and has its own points and scoring system, does that become harder to keep straight in one’s head if they are all fragmented? If they weren’t fragmented but unified, would they still have enough context to make sense? Keeping a handful of systems straight is one thing, or picking up a game to purposely play it for a set amount of time – but when that permeates our life, does it quickly become too much?
With the enormous popularity of the movie Avatar, the Stanford Report recently interviewed Byron Reeves, co-author of Total Engagement, on how avatars can be used in the workplace. This story outlines the advantages of using avatars to create a more engaged workforce as well as the possible ethical implications. Read the full article on avatars in the workplace.
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Byron is the Paul C. Edwards Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, and Co-Founder and Faculty Co-Director of the H-STAR Institute and Media X.
J. Leighton Read, M.D., is a General Partner in four Alloy Ventures funds from 2001-2007 and a successful entrepreneur and CEO.
Total Engagement
A book on using games and virtual worlds to change the way that people work and businesses compete.
The stories coming out of EVE Online would blow most corporate management misconceptions about gaming to kingdomcom!
Great list Oliver!