It's more than that. The environment matters. Real play is risk free. You can do whatever you want and there are no consequences. This is not true for work.
At the end of the day business doesn't want their employees to treat work as play; they just want them to be more engaged while at work. But instead of looking at why their workers are disengaged they hire people who set up cute little games and contests and tell people to pretend they're not actually working. Which is all well and good until somebody drops the ball and they get fired. Whoops. Sorry Bob. I guess you didn't understand we weren't actually playing after all.
Gimme a break. Gamification is just bullshit newage snakeoil.
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> Play is a frame of mind
It's more than that. The environment matters. Real play is risk free. You can do whatever you want and there are no consequences. This is not true for work.
At the end of the day business doesn't want their employees to treat work as play; they just want them to be more engaged while at work. But instead of looking at why their workers are disengaged they hire people who set up cute little games and contests and tell people to pretend they're not actually working. Which is all well and good until somebody drops the ball and they get fired. Whoops. Sorry Bob. I guess you didn't understand we weren't actually playing after all.
Gimme a break. Gamification is just bullshit newage snakeoil.