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Editor’s Choice: Employee Retention through Gamification – Part 1

While labor woes are spurring many organizations to accelerate their efforts in exploring automation and technology, one rather interesting, and somewhat outside the norm area of technology that shows potential, and is being used by some organizations such as Amazon to enhance employee engagement and retention is gamification.

gamificationDave EngJanuary 9, 2023Gamification, competition, socialization, engagement, feedback, newsComment

Skills You Didn't Know You Could Learn From Video Games

Video games might not the first medium you think of when it comes to learning useful skills. Of course, there are games specifically designed for learning and to be educational, but even in games intended only for entertainment, there are surprisingly useful skills that can be learned. Here are some of the most useful that you’ve probably never thought of.

skills, contributed article, learningDave EngDecember 6, 2021skills, learn, patience, contributed article, strategy, socialization, empathyComment

Virtual learning has kids yearning for socialization and video games could be the answer

For some kids, that loneliness has contributed to a spike in video games sales and more time playing those games, especially ones with headsets that allows kids to talk to their friends while playing. Trey has always played video games, but when the pandemic hit, he used it as a way to connect to his peers.