Most of us subscribe to an outdated form of motivational folklore that just doesn’t work.
It might have worked for us back in the industrial revolution, where the majority of work was simply about formulaic tasks with predictable outcomes.
But now the nature of work has changed dramatically.
We’re hyper-connected, and what we need now is creativity and the ability to work collaborative and adaptively to implement and execute great ideas. This type of work requires a different approach to motivation. The relics of the past just wont work.
It’s time for a new model, and a new approach to motivation and the future of work. In this presentation, Dr Jason Fox will provide a glimpse as to what the next step in the evolution of work motivation might look like… through the lens of gameful design.
Dr Jason Fox is an award winning speaker, implementation-gamestormer and idea-liberating academic rogue. By the age of 25, Jason had completed a PhD, written two books and lectured at three universities. Now, he helps forward-thinking leaders boost productivity, influence behaviour and make clever happen… through the power of motivation science and game design.
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Great talk!
Awesome stuff Jason. Love the mix theory and humour…and some big points
to think long and hard about.
It was just a couple of comments that seemed a bit condescending, I’m sure
it was not intentional. Don’t stress about it.
Darn, that certainly wasn’t the intention! 🙁
Interesting talk, lots of insightful comments, but does the presenter
really need to be so patronising and pretentious?
whats the lesson here?
Great speaker, really able to engage with Jason – brilliant happening ideas
and worth the 20 minute investment.