A multi-award winning serious games designer and author (Why Games Are Good For Business) with a background and passion in behavioural sciences and psychology, Helen has helped many organisations realise their ambitions of deploying serious games to drive the impact and effectiveness of learning solutions.
Cost savings are at the forefront of our minds in the current economic climate but having a short-term budget view when it comes to people development could be a false economy.
Gamification is all about selecting the best game mechanics for a learning challenge and crafting a solution that will drive engagement and increase performance in learners. Here are 3 reasons why human resource managers simply cannot ignore gamification in their corporate training strategy.
Gamification is a term that you’ve probably heard before, but it can mean so much more than points, badges, and leaderboards. By understanding the power of true game mechanics you can hit the sweet spot between game mechanics, subject matter expertise, and great user-centered design.
As business owners and leaders, we all want to influence the behavior of others around us—whether it is influencing customers to buy from us and remain loyal, or staff to be more productive, or even just getting our kids to clean their rooms! But how exactly does this happen?
Games are so much more than pretty pictures and fun experiences. Game designers understand human psychology and how people learn; they have to in order to keep them engaged and invested. In this article, we explore 4 key principles used in serious game design.
No doubt if you work in L&D or HR you’ve heard someone talk about virtual reality (VR). But what is it and what is it really capable of? In this article, we explore some of the frequently asked questions around this topic to shed some light on this relatively new technology.