Gamification is a hot topic. This talk goes back to the basics to talk about the psychology of play and how games can help business get great results.

1. Play & Games – Why of Gamification
(TPMA Gamification Panel)
@MichaelSahota

2. About Michael
STRATEGIC
PLAY®

3. The Importance of Play

4. The Science of Play
See alsoTED Talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHwXlcHcTHc

10. Why Games?
Flow
Play
Games

11. A Guided Tour of Games and Play

14. Innovation Games® - Fast, Actionable Market Research

15. Innovation Games® for Lean Startup

16. Challenge: Leadership
• Inconsistent governance standards
• Decision making model needs to focus on prioritization and sequence
• Need better alignment and a way to resolve conflicts
• Too many customers (who is most important?) - where does money come
from and what priority does it take?
• Too many captains, no captains
• Unclear organizational expectation setting
• Short attention span and inconsistent priorities

17. Strategic Play® with Lego®
Challenging
Little foundation
Environment
Disparate teams
Disadvantage from get-go
Forces Arrayed against
Team and hazardous
Unstable
environment
SVP Product
VP Product Management

18. Little foundation
Disparate teams
Disadvantage from get-go
Unstable and hazardous
environment
VP Product Management

19. Shared Vision