June 19, 2026
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The War for Talent in the Enterprise with JP Rangaswami

Ivan Kuo02 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every Thursday at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST/1800 GMT. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.

This past week’s guest is the Chief Scientist at Salesforce, JP Rangaswami! Robert has been working as an education researcher with the Gates Foundation and shares his knowledge on how games are affecting the American Education landscape. You can expect to learn about:

  • The ever-changing demands of modern work
  • Why the concept of generational gaps are becoming null
  • How to utilize existing corporate game cultures for gamification
  • The workspace disconnect of competitive employees working in teams. 
  • Salesforce’s strategy of focusing on engagement
Check out the video below for the full interview. Please note that a connection error occurs around starting at 9:58. Skip to 13:30 to resume for content.



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Be sure to catch this week’s episode featuring lifehacker Jon Guerrera and learn to gamify your life and possibly land a job at Google.

You can now catch the Gamification Revolution every Thursday at 1PM EST/10 AM PST/1800 GMT.

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Prominent Gamifiers: Jesse Schell

Ivan Kuo13 mins

The moment a discussion about gamification dips into a deep discussion about game mechanics and what constitutes proper design, it seems inevitable that Jesse Schell’s book, The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses becomes mentioned as the official reference to prove someone’s point. Jesse’s long history of working as a game-designer has earned him numerous accolades and his position as the CEO of Pittsburgh’s largest videogame studio.

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Pug Pharm Announces World’s First WordPress Gamification Solution with its Picnic™ Customer Engagement Engine

Staff02 mins

VANCOUVER, BC – August 28, 2012 – Pug Pharm Productions Inc., a technology leader in customer gamification, retention, and activation, today announced that it has extended its Picnic™ Customer Engagement Engine to support integration with websites built using WordPress. Building upon Picnic’s™ existing support for Javascript, Flash, and mobile platform integration launched last year, Pug…

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The Gamification of Art

Jeff Lopez21 mins

We often mention the “art of gamification”, exploring how game mechanics, design, and dynamics can influence a viewer, motivating them intrinsically or extrinsically towards a desired goal. But determining the source of motivation is often difficult. By turning the phrase around and looking at the gamification of art, I hope to uncover how games, game mechanics, and…

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The Gamified Classroom

admin62 mins

Part II: Technology’s Role in a Gamified Classroom. This is the second part of an ongoing series on the role of gamification in modern education by Andrew Proto. For the first part, visit “Part I: the Unique Obstacles Teachers Face“ In every classroom across the country, the technology that we are teaching our students with…

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Day Two of the GSummit NYC!

Joselin01 mins

Good morning! Welcome back to the GSummit NYC. After yesterday’s line up of spectacular speakers and panel discussions, expectations are high. But I have a feeling this day will not disappoint. The day’s events will begin with Gabe Zichermann, GSummit Chair and author of the brand new book featuring some easy and powerful tools for…

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The Engagement Alliance

Joselin11 mins

Gamification Experts are using today’s New York City Gamification Summit to announce the formation of the first industry association called The Engagement Alliance. This not-for-profit organization has set its sights on the study of the science behind the power of game mechanics to create behavior change.

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Play More, Work More

Danyell Thillet01 mins

Gamification of the enterprise focuses on how autonomy and fun can lead to more productive work. An article from last week’s Wall Street Journal provides support for this idea with insight into the benefits of web surfing in the office. The new study on the “Impact of Cyberloafing on Psychological Engagement,” by Don J.Q. Chen and…

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