{"id":1491,"date":"2012-11-15T10:07:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T18:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2012-11-18T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:16:00","slug":"turn-process-into-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"Turn “process” into “game.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us are driven by the competitive spirit, the desire or need to win.\u00a0 It reinforces self-worth, provides closure at the end of a good effort, and energizes us during the effort to achieve.<\/p>\n

Many of us as managers – and our employees as workers – are driven by process, actions required to achieve a result.\u00a0 And many of these actions are repetitive to a fault, contributing to boredom and ultimately to restlessness and desire for something new, in or out of the company.<\/p>\n

There is a solution.\u00a0 Everyone loves a good game.\u00a0 It provides a short competitive experience with a measurable outcome in which the players know who won and by how much.\u00a0 And it challenges each player to play again with learned skills and an incentive to beat the past score.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>[Email readers, continue here…]<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 So think of ways to make each process into a game, one in which there is a defined metric or measure of the winner at the end of a cycle short enough to permit teaching, celebration, challenge, and motivation for the next time played.\u00a0 Create small but meaningful competitions between groups or individuals for which recognition or small rewards are published in advance.\u00a0 Allow for wins to be accomplishments of the team, as much as the individual, so that competition is a team sport, not an individual play for power.\u00a0 Create and publish metrics as goals and comparisons to past accomplishments.\u00a0 And pause to celebrate each new first or top score.<\/p>\n

There are so many places where routine jobs can be made into a game.\u00a0 Sales people know the rules and play to win, celebrating each small success along the way.\u00a0 Why not empower each person or manager of each task in other areas to create similar challenges and metrics?\u00a0 These cannot be viewed as corny or artificial ways for management to gain more output from a group without significant recognition or reward.\u00a0 Or you will risk a backlash in which employees see the effort as merely a way to increase productivity in disguise, with no reward worth the effort.<\/p>\n

Be a good coach, and be creative.\u00a0 We all want to play to win and be recognized for our efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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