why games are the future of talent, science and humanity
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Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit, Ph.D., MBA
22nd Nov. 2016CSW-EUROPE, BRUSSELS
Why Games are the Future of
Talent, Science and Humanity!
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THE COMING FUTURE is CONNECTED
2020
4 Billion
Connected people
25+ Million
Apps25+
Billion Embedded &
Intelligent systems
50 Trillion
GBs of Data
Data Source: IDC, Intel, McCafe 2012
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TALENT SCIENCE HUMANITY
D I S R U P T E DEVEN CROWDSOURCING
(or at least in the way we know it)
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DISRUPTION viewed through GAMES & GAMIFICATION
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KNACK
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GAMIFICATION & GAMES ….
Super Mario game LinkedIn profile bar Purposeful game
Graphic source:
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GAMIFICATION: “The process of adding games or game-like elements to something (as a task) to encourage participation”
- Wikipedia
Badges PointsLevelsLeaderboards Rules & Narratives
Acknow-ledgement
Active Feedback
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GAMIFICATION DISRUPTION EXAMPLE: PAIN SQUAD (mobile app)
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“A game is nothing but a set of problems to solve” - Gee in (Corbett, 2010)
“Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems”
- Sebastian Deterding
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But not just simple problems– BUT complex problem solving at a frantic pace…
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…that results in an ENGAGED (& engrossed) user
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It can be used to grow user & customer bases….
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It can be used to solve societal challenges….
Graphic source: Demand Metric
REAL CASE EXAMPLES:
CITIZEN SCIENCE LEADING THE WAY…
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Faculty of Science & Technology
@AarhusUni
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HIGH-LEVEL GAMIFICATION + CROWD-SOURCING FUSION
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Citizen Science at Cancer Research UK
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The findings, presented at the Neuroscience 2016 conference, harnessed data from 2.4 million people who downloaded the game and would have taken 9,400 years in the lab.
Sea Hero Quest
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By harnessing the power of the crowd to solve complex scientific & humanitarian problems at scales and rates that no one
individual can –
GAMES WILL BE THE FUTURE OF TALENT, SCIENCE & HUMANITY
CONCLUSION
THANK YOU
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Contact details: Email: [email protected]: +45 5133 5302
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