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Why playing around at the office works

Games are a part of any organization – if what you mean is internal politics.

 
Gaming – the rewarding of staff for working on teams or suggesting ideas — is something else that may be worthwhile in your enterprise.
 
That’s what comes through in this book review by Gartner’s Mark McDonald of the recently-published Enteprise Games by Michael Hugos.

 

With games, Hugos argues, a company can become “an agile network structure” that promotes co-ordination over top-down control. Perhaps the best known game platform is Badgeville, used by corporations as well as consumers.

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McDonald says he’s glad he read what he calls a provoking and practical look at gaming. If you’ve used this technique in your company, let us know.
 
Read McDonald’s review here

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