The Management Innovation Lab has published an article on productivity games, trust, and innovation.
Julian Birkinshaw and Stuart Crainer look at a Microsoft team that is changing the way it works by incorporating the interests of its young employees to increase creativity and productivity.
http://www.managementlab.org/files/LabNotes10.pdf
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." – Einstein
Lots of interest in productivity games these days - here are a few links to explore….
Changing the Game http://www.changingthegamebook.com/
- buy this book!
Edge – Changing the Game (link)
The Economist - http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/businessview/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11997115
HBR – Learning Leadership Online - http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?ml_subscriber=true&ml_action=get-article&&articleID=R0805C&pageNumber=1
IBM Gaming and Leadership Report - Studying management practices in on-line games
New Gym Features Video Games - http://www.kcci.com/health/17971532/detail.html
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2007/august/181648.html
The Name of the Game is Work – Business Week
Gaming may pay off at work http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/games/story.html?id=5e294b2e-c374-4fcd-b118-750a2e82e2ed&k=47110
IBM's Innov8 – BPM - http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8.html
Play the News game – http://www.playthenewsgame.com
America's Army – Recruiting - http://www.americasarmy.com/
Re-mission - http://www.re-mission.net/
Incident Commander–emergency response - http://www.incidentcommander.net/
