How Do You Spot a Winning Company Before Wall Street Does?
Before Zoom exploded, its product leaked a signal. Yu-kai Chou's Product Superiority Test: the tiny-detail check for picking…
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Workplace Gamification
Articles on Workplace Gamification — from Yu-kai Chou, creator of the Octalysis Framework.
How to Gamify Strategy Sessions Without Killing Buy-In
Adding game mechanics to strategy sessions usually backfires. The losing team quietly sabotages execution. Here's the white hat…
Why Would a Lego Employee Turn Down a Director Promotion?
Lego employees turn down director promotions to stay in roles that serve the mission. Here's how CD1 design…
Why Your Training Programs Fail at the Front Line (The Two-Tier Motivation Fix)
A company reached out to me a few years back with what they thought was a gamification problem.…
Why Your Best Employees Quit (The Corporate Black Hole Effect)
Speed Run Notes If you want to understand why best employees quit, start with the four employee types…
Navo Orbico Sales Gamification Case Study: What Actually Worked
A transparent look at the Navo Orbico sales gamification redesign, the mechanics that drove adoption, and how its…
10 Principles in Culture Gamification: The Octalysis Group DNA
Culture Management is Essential for Growth-Stage Companies Our company has been through many cycles and products throughout the…
How to Create an Overpowered (OP) Resume
Most resumes are not bad. They are balanced. Two pages of evenly distributed competence, hitting every role requirement…
Supercharging Employee Motivation (Beyond the Bonus Pool)
Most employee motivation programs I get called in to fix have the same root cause. The company has…