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This half day facilitated in-company workshop is designed to provide a solid platform for exploring the opportunities presented by gamification. We provide techniques and tools that will help you identify target areas and implement simple gamified systems. Areas covered in the workshop include: Designed Outcomes The workshop is designed to achieve the following outcomes Read […]
The french philosopher, Michel Foucault, once suggested that prisons exist in the world because it helps us imagine that the prison is “out there” and that we aren’t already living in one ourselves. The same idea applies to games – there are many games out there that serve to remind us that we don’t live […]
“It takes a very long time to become young.” (Pablo Picasso) Did you have difficulty making friends as a child? Experience scholastic boredom and more than the normal helping of social problems? A little unconventional and nonconformist even at primary school? Eccentric parents? A study of gifted creatives by Psychologist Ellen Winner cited these early […]
Ever hear talk about someone being engaged in “playing games”? Well, maybe that someone is smarter than we think because using a game analogy to think about almost everything you do has the potential to make life in all its aspects lot more rewarding, interesting and fun. Whether it is soccer, chess, baseball, your relationships, […]
Isivivane is a Zulu word that refers to a concept found in a number of other African cultures. In Zulu, Isivivane literally means ‘throw your stone upon the pile…’ and refers to rocks arranged as piles and / or hub and spoke patterns. Once upon a time, stones were used in the ancient world to […]
A selection of resources on the intersection of storytelling and gaming – moral physics, dramatic agency, social sculpture, Future of Storytelling Speaker: Janet Murray Professor, eTV Researcher, & Author, “Hamlet on the Holodeck” Views: 6
Corporates often use rousing terms such as ‘best practice’ and ‘world class’ to describe themselves. However, the sad reality is that designed incompetence is profitable. Competence suggests responding professionally to queries and reaching solutions quickly and efficiently. Designed Incompetence, on the other hand deliberately places barriers in the way of customers which ironically results in […]