Wall Street Journal: “Serious Games”
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 10:02PM
Mike Karlesky in Serious Play, Workplace

Luke Hohmann discusses “serious games” for solving business problems.

Structuring business problems as games can simulate the actions and reactions within real markets. Gaming business problems can also bring about product insights and reveal customer needs.

Play engages our brains in ways that the linear problem solving we normally engage in at work may not. Incorporating games into the workplace could lead to a more fun environment and a competitive edge as well.

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