Did you know that you can easily begin creating a corporate culture that is more positive just by creating and incorporating games into the scene? Being able to work in a great workplace culture is more important than many people consider. From team building and stress relief, to creativity boosting activities, gaming is becoming a go-to source for creating a better corporate culture for many companies. Gaming can be used in various ways, from simple brand awareness, to recruitment and performance. When gaming is mentioned everyone assumes virtual games; but by simply setting goals for the office and creating some friendly competition, managers can help improve company culture and employee morale.

Gaming Trends in the Workplace

A recent Mashable article defines workplace gaming as a way of, “using game technology in a website, service, community or application in order to drive participation. It’s a perfect way to create customer engagement or employee participation.” Obviously, there are some advantages of introducing a powerful tool such as gaming to get employees on board and excited about their workdays. These can include:

• Allowing all associates to participate in simulated experiences before conducting real tasks.
• On-demand use of games for better participation rates among virtual and multiple shift teams.
• Ease of facilitating vs. other forms of learning and training offered in house.
• Honoring many different learning styles to help deliver and retain information.
• Fun, less intimidating way of providing training and education on a consistent basis.

While these benefits are just scratching the surface of what “gaming” can do for the workplace, there are other applications of this technology that can improve your recruitment and on boarding activities.  For one, because the use of games is actually fun, it immediately begins to energize people and boost their productivity. Productive people are happy people therefore, this leads to a positive workplace culture in very little time.

To roll out games at work, it’s important to be able to demonstrate the return on investment to the executive team. This can mean taking the time to work with a recruitment and training company to provide metrics of what the gaming has done for other companies. Consider what areas of your company need attention in terms of productivity and find gaming that addresses these needs directly.

While gaming is not for every workplace, it can certainly enhance your efforts to create a more positive and creative work culture. Develop a few games for use in your teams and see what difference it can make for your business.

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