April 2014
Beginner to intermediate
232 pages
5h 7m
English
book
The Game Changer: How to Use the Science of Motivation With the Power of Game Design to Shift Behaviour, Shape Culture and Make Clever Happen
by Jason Fox
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Treat it like an ace up your sleeve the next time you want to tackle any motivation, behaviour or culture change challenge.
This book is divided into three main parts:
Part I: The motivation savvy-up
Here we cut through the motivational folklore and conventional managerial wisdom to establish what really works to build and sustain motivation through change.
Chapter 1: A most alluring motivational folklore
This chapter will help you to rid the world of the Cult of Success and to start embracing the structures that work to amplify the motivation you've already got.
Chapter 2: An imperative for change
A book called The Game Changer talking about change? Well I never! But fret not, we're not focusing too much on ‘the need ...
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