{"product_id":"total-engagement-byron-reeves-9781422146576","title":"Total Engagement: How Games and Virtual Worlds Are Changing the Way People Work and Businesses Compete","description":"Can the workplace be more productive by including avatars, three-dimensional environments, and participant-driven outcomes? This grounded and thought-provoking book by Byron Reeves and Leighton Read proves that it is not only possible, it is inevitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImplementing components of multiplayer computer games in the workplace will address a host of age-old problems. Games can not only stem boredom and decrease turnover, but also enhancee collaboration and encourage creative leadership. Games require extraordinary teamwork, elaborate data analysis and strategy, recruitment and retention of top players, and quick decision making. Recreating some elements of games - such as positioning tasks within stories, creating internal economies, and implementing participant-driven communication systems - can not only boost employee engagement but overall productivity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf course, the strong psychological power of games can have both positive and negative consequences for the workplace. That's why it's important to put them into practice correctly from the beginning - and Reeves and Read explain how by showing which good design principles are a powerful antidote to the addictive and stress-inducing potential of games. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupported by specific case studies and years of research, Total Engagement will completely change the way you view both work and play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Byron Reeves, J. Leighton Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142214657X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781422146576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Business Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.52w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010","brand":"Byron Reeves","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075679056127,"sku":"9781422146576","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05164319-4e64-430a-bb4c-def9c0ba57a9.jpg?v=1685460802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/total-engagement-byron-reeves-9781422146576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}