Gaming and the enterprise
Wired has a great set of articles this month on gaming, the internet and its effects. Will Wright, the creator of the game “The Sims”, starts off the series of articles with some very insightful comments on the positive aspects of gaming and collaboration. One point he made hit home as he described how the internet has helped to “expand our people skills”. When I see people collaborate on content on our internal wiki without ever having a conversation with the original contributor of content that’s pretty amazing. Another assertion is that the internet and online gaming is a great way to train employees. As one article mentions, being an effective world of warlock guild master will start showing up on resumes. Check out the wired articles.
