Helpful Side Effects of Gamification
Gamification has grown to the point where people have stopped reacting with questions surrounding it and have started being active in conversations about it. Study after study has come out revealing...
View ArticleCould Gamification Go Too Far?
An insistent alarm jolts me awake, hammering me into consciousness with each buzz. My hand shoots out, and with a triumphant swipe, I turn off the noise. A satisfying clicking commences, like a rising...
View ArticleCan Gamification Motivate Non-Competitive Professionals?
Not everyone is competitive, and in fact, many people highly value collaboration over competition. Is gamification of business applications a non-starter amongst non-competitive professionals? How can...
View ArticleWhy We’re Seeing So Much Health Gamification (Part I)
Staying healthy. We all know it’s something we should do more but rarely follow through on. With busy lives that only seem to get busier, our 24/7 juggling act of work, social life, money, and family...
View ArticleIs Gamification Just for Millennials?
A common concern regarding gamification is that managers are afraid of low usage rates among older employees. However, age should not be an issue as game elements have been incorporated into our lives...
View ArticleDon’t Be Sears
From the large, sun-faded blue block letters to the chilly silence inside, Sears has sunken from a once iconic company to a ghost town. Hailed in its glory days as the nation’s largest retailer and...
View ArticleBasics of Gamification
With the field of gamification teeming with constant change and activity, it’s easy at times to forget that it’s still a foreign concept to some – what a difference from a few years ago! Browsing...
View ArticleWhy Looking Like Facebook Isn’t Enough
The first time I noticed left me stunned with disbelief. After it happened again, and a third time, I finally had to admit it: the little red Facebook notification icon had its hooks in me. Whether...
View ArticleThanksgiving: What Giving Thanks Brings to the Table
There’s something warming about Thanksgiving that goes beyond the warmth of the kitchen and the delicious home cooked meals. It’s the fact that it brings everyone together to reminisce, to delight in...
View Article3 Emerging Gamification Best Practices
As an emerging technology that has continued to gain traction, the gamification field as a whole has experienced rapid change. The collection of high, lows, hits, and misses that resulted from...
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