GAMES & BUSINESS

by Olya Ivancho

Agenda

● What is a game?

● What games do you play?

● How games can help your business?

● Q&A

[game]

situation of competition in which the payoffs received by participants from their actions, choices, and decisions

http://www.businessdictionary.com/

What Games Do You Play?

Rubik's Cube

Cards

Chess

Angry Birds

Super Mario

What These Games Have In Common?

[making quick-fire decisions]

[nurturing logical skills]

[sharpen problem solving skills]

[improving co-ordination of hand movements]

[improving the power to concentrate]

[learning a lot about business planning, history, pioneers, town architecture, communicating, trains,

physics,construction, dinosaurs

.......]

[improving social skills]

[creativity & imagination]

[learning to fail]

FAIL!FAIL AGAIN!

FAIL BETTER!!!

Samuel BeckettIrish writer

I have FAILED over and over and over again in my life

and that is why i SUCCEED!!

Michael Jordanbasketball player, businessman

How Can Games Help Your Business?

Business = Game

Risk-free environment

Develop understanding

Assess competency

Motivate

team-buidling &

ice-breaking

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