Occasionally we’ll tweet excerpts from our book, Total Engagement, and then give more context here on our blog.
Twitter Tidbits #22 and #23:
The highest use of games will be to redesign work so that it is more like a game and to allow work to be conducted within games. Pg 13
From “I wish my job could be more like my game,” to “I’ll take your job because my game experience tells me I can be successful here.” Pg 13
Tweet in Context:
We believe the highest use of games will be to redesign work so that it is more like a game and to allow work to be conducted within games. Even if games seem irrelevant to your business, they certainly aren’t to people you’re going to be hiring, and that’s reason enough to find out about how they work. Business needs to motivate and engage workers who have very different expectations about communication based on extensive, new, and often intense media experiences. These workers will bring new expectations about user interfaces, communication tools, and, importantly, the pace of challenge and reward. We’ve already heard the words “I wish my job could be more like my game.” Soon, we will hear “I quit that job because it wasn’t enough like my game,” and eventually “I’ll take your job because my game experience tells me I can be successful here.”
The full first chapter can be found here.
