Gamification or the use of games in conventional business settings is gaining popularity for all the right reasons. However, it still remains very difficult to design and deliver truly effective games into traditional settings, even though the outcome is exponentially better.
http://www.kaplaneduneering.com/kappnotes/index.php/2011/01/gamification-of-lean-concepts/
http://stratsynergy.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/gamification-lessons-from-sims-creator-will-wright/
Cool video on innovation and doing something that goes against the norm. Interestingly, Germany has a positive trade balance despite paying workers some of the highest wages in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0
http://www.gamingbusinessreview.com/gamificationcommunity.htm
could use it to monitor health and charges
http://blog.globalbx.com/2011/03/11/gamification-what-it-is-and-what-it-means-for-you/
Gamification by Design: Rough Cuts Version
Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
What do Foursquare, Nike, and Groupon have in common? These websites and many others use game mechanics and game design to deliver a sticky, viral and satisfying experience to their customers. This book provides the design strategy and tactics you need to integrate gamification into any kind of consumer-facing website, new or existing, with design patterns, meaningful code samples, and in-depth chapters on major gamification APIs
http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920014614
ONe of the purest ways of games – flight – how much of your business do you run with data hidden behind the clouds. 10,20, 50% of your intelligence is hidden. Bring it out. What is the real value? Life and death in planes, profit or not at work. EWorker retention or not…
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663491/honeywells-new-air-safety-system-lets-pilots-see-through-weather
