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Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 12, 2019 at 11:20 AM
The interesting thing about play behavior is that it is both pointless and purposeful, and never reaches finality or resolution. It just stops and then continues later.
I’ve observed throughout my career that most procedures or behaviors in work groups are continuations of games we played in childhood. Usually with higher stakes (loss of work or status), because we are allowed to control greater resources. In this sense, we are adults only because we tell ourselves we are (itself a gamification), not because we “grew up”. For example, every business meeting can be experienced as a simple game of “hide and go seek”.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 12, 2019 at 01:57 PM
Hence the concept of game theory. Something I find more and more fascinating the older I get…
Posted by NickG
Feb 12, 2019 at 05:02 PM
If you don’t know it, Eric Berne’s “Games People Play” has a lot that’s interesting to say about all this. Style is a bit dry and it’s from the early 1960s, but if you have the time (ha!) it’s worth it.
Paul Korm wrote:
The interesting thing about play behavior is that it is both pointless
>and purposeful, and never reaches finality or resolution. It just stops
>and then continues later.
>
>I’ve observed throughout my career that most procedures or behaviors in
>work groups are continuations of games we played in childhood. Usually
>with higher stakes (loss of work or status), because we are allowed to
>control greater resources. In this sense, we are adults only because we
>tell ourselves we are (itself a gamification), not because we “grew up”.
> For example, every business meeting can be experienced as a simple
>game of “hide and go seek”.
Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 12, 2019 at 08:07 PM
Ha, which I remember reading when it appeared in 1964 and was “the book” to talk about. Plus ça change ...
NickG wrote:
If you don’t know it, Eric Berne’s “Games People Play” has a lot that’s
>interesting to say about all this. Style is a bit dry and it’s from the
>early 1960s,
Posted by Listerene
Feb 13, 2019 at 01:07 AM
Those videos are why they coined the term tl;dr.