NY Times Article: Why Work is Looking More Like a Video Game

The New York Times has a piece in its Business section about how Paul Johnston, owner of business software developer Entellium, is using video game mentality to remake his company. Johnston talks about integrating customer ratings and building a virtual economy for rewarding employees.

Anyone who worked for a Fortune 500 company can see just how different an approach where you get rewards based on your work aside from basic pay and benefits might be. The tendency of employees to become loyal when treated in these manors is also recounted in the article.

How would you integrate game lifestyles into your current job? Me I’m pretty much playing Tapper with these news articles already.