2. Who benefits
from
gamification
• Anyone who likes fun
• Anyone who hates fun but still wants a more
interesting way to do boring tasks
• Anyone who likes or dislikes fun but wants to
drive behavior
3. What?
• Gamification is about behavior
• Gamification is about what motivates people
• Gamification tries to make anything as fun and
motivating as games
4. What not?
• Not about games
• Not about fixing broken products
• Not about points, badges, and leaderboards
(only)
5. Examples • Beat your own time in
doing the dishes
• Organize your cupboard
to give as much free
space as possible
• Make your thread mill
exercise a hike up
Mount Everest
• Try spending as little
fuel as possible while
driving to work
• See how much you can
save on a week’s worth
of food
• Remember as many
items on your shopping
list as you can
• Find the best algorithm
for picking the fastest
line in a store
• Optimize 45 minutes
every morning to do
daily preparations
7. How?
• Driving Behavior
• What makes us want to do what we do?
• Fear
• Material reward
• Meaning
• Duty
• Social feedback and status
• Addiction/Obsession
• Creativity
• Accomplishment
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20. But how?
• Loops – engagement loops and progress loops
• Surprise – Rewards are best when not expected
• Balance – Not too hard, not to easy
• Iterate – You won’t get this correct now
21. When?
• If you can make boring or non-desired tasks
more interesting
• If you can motivate behavior change
• If you can focus on tasks that benefit employees
and customers
22. When?
• Training and education
• Health and fitness
• Social marketing and promotion
• Process and product improvements
• Adherence to policy changes
23. When not?
• Bad things are still bad
• Don’t try to sell broken products
• Don’t try to monitor or negatively manipulate
people
• Don’t turn everything into a competition
• Don’t expect a silver bullet
• Don’t gamify everything
24. • Google is your friend!
• Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamification/home/
• Yu-Kai Chou
http://yukaichou.com/
• BlueRabbit
http://bluerabbit.io/
• MOBSoft
http://mobsoft.mx/