MOBI - behavioral change by serious gaming

CIVITAS CAPITAL training on gamification

Brussels 18 February 2016

Sander Buningh – DTV Consultants

Presentation

• Experience

• Theory & examples

• Themes

• Lessons learned

‘From5to4’

behavioral change by serious gaming

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GoalA fun way to let employees travel and work in a smarter way, with the aim of having 20% less car traffic during rush hours.

Of every 5 working days, 1 day without car.

“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”

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Why a mobility game?

• Smarter travelling and smarter working is being introduced in many ways.

• Not many examples of presenting this as a challenge.

• Gamification succesfull in other fields.

• Breaking habitual behaviour (and monitoring).

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messages

rankingsprogress

dashboard

information

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Success factors• Team spirit• Freedom of choice• Competition• ‘Flow’ (ease, fun, design)• Monitoring• Autonomy

• It links to the ambitions, goals and measures of the organization.

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Benefit examples:

City of Eindhoven:• 55 participants, 6mths, fuel saved: 6.000 euro

Verkeersonderneming:• 26p, 4mths, 22% less rush hour trips by car

TNO Research Institute:• 200p, 4mths, 4.000kg CO2 saved

Rotterdam School of Management:• 30p, 4ths: 122.000 calories burned

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Information

• www.mobi-project.eu

• 6x country site, example http://www.f5t4.co.uk/

• Animated videos (https://vimeo.com/40157708)

Intrinsic motivationSocial Cognitive Theory (SCT)

•Attention, retention , production and motivation

Intrinsic motivationSocial Cognitive Theory (SCT)

•Attention, retention , production and motivation

Self-Determination Theory

•Autonomy, Relatedness, Competence

Intrinsic motivationSocial Cognitive Theory (SCT)

•Attention, retention , production and motivation

Self-Determination Theory

•Autonomy, Relatedness, Competence

Does is last?

GamificationBroad view neededDifferent expertiseDifferent components

Very easy to do it wrong, not so easy to do it just right..

“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”

Examples

ExamplesKing taken over by Activision Blizzard

ExamplesKing taken over by Activision Blizzard

5.400.000.000 euro

ExamplesKing taken over by Activision Blizzard

5.400.000.000 euro

Hours played in World of Warcraft

ExamplesKing taken over by Activision Blizzard

5.400.000.000 euro

Hours played in World of Warcraft

10.000.000.000 hours

Examples

Communication

Communication

Communication

Segmentation

Game design

Look&feel

Sales

Lessons learned

•Use positive! (not manipulative)•Add meaning to awards and badgets•Fun is no fun when you are told to have fun•Use leaderboards wisely•‘Agile’ development•Use (almost) always positive feedback

Lessons learned

•Ease of implementation•Effective (efficient) in use•‘Fair’•Flexible•Attractive

•What’s in it for me?

Thank you!