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The newly published book Infinite Gamification by Toby Beresford tells us how to create sustainable scoring programs to influence behaviour at work and at play. It is aimed at leaders working on small or larger programs and is a practical guide to the methods and pitfalls involved. In this interview hosted at the Gamifiers Meetup […]
Continue readingLast week I ran a workshop at the Games and Learning SIG Conference. The main prong to the session was to discoverĀ what causes Gamification projects to succeed or fail, with a particular look to see if there were any differences between corporate and academic worlds that we could learn from. The second part of the […]
Continue readingA book dedicated to Gamification: an opportunity not to be missed for us at e-Advantage Solutions. Called ‘Game Change’, the book discusses how “Gamification” can be harnessed and applied as a business model for the future. The book engages you from the very start by asking the reader questions and getting you fully engaged. At […]
Continue readingThe Lean Startup is, in Eric Ries own words, his effort to change how startups are built. As you may have guessed from the title, Eric Ries believes in lean manufacturing, by applying this to the field of entrepreneurship and innovation he attempts to reduce startups’ risk of failure. Billed as a must read for […]
Continue readingAfter reading this book be prepared to be one of the most productive ninja’s you know! In this book Graham Allcott looks at how to manage our attitudes and attention, rather than our time. Allcott states we are in an age of “information overload” and his encouragement of a ninja like approach certainly makes the […]
Continue readingAs a nation we love to complain. We complain about the weather when itās raining and we complain when itās too hot. We moan about traffic jams and queues, we moan when thereās too much choice and then we complain when thereās not enough. We truly are a bunch of miserable souls. But here we […]
Continue readingDemocracy is something we often take for granted, particularly in this country. We assume that we are free to do whatever we like whenever we like and no one can dictate to us what to do and how to live our lives. How very wrong are we? Has anyone ever considered that our work lives […]
Continue readingWe have heard the term ānatural born leaderā many times but just how effective are these leaders and how are they making the most of their resources to benefit their company? By resources I mean the people within the organisation. People are a companyās biggest resource as their capabilities, knowledge and talent can be transferred […]
Continue readingEven for those of us who love what we do, work can at times really suck! But why and how can we fix this? Ressler and Thompson have outlined these reasons and how we can fix them in their enlightening book āWhy Work Sucksā. It seems that we all have the wrong beliefs about […]
Continue readingDuring my academic career I have been made to read theories about motivation over and over again until the point of exhaustion.Ā When I heard about Daniel Pinkās book Drive Ā I assumed it would be another dull explanation of Herzbergās hygiene theory. I literally couldnāt have been more wrong. Pink is a real enthusiast for […]
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