Introduction to gamification

Take a second and think about one of the best memories you have with friends or family. It doesn’t need to take long. It could be something recent, or something from your past. Now that you can picture that memory in your head, think about what you and/or the people around you are doing. It may be tied to a significant event in your life (graduation, marriage, the birth of a child, etc.). If it is not one of those significant events, there is a decent chance that this memory involves some form of game, or at least the idea of play. On the other side of that, there is an incredibly small chance that your favorite memory involved you using some form of business software!

Why is it that we fondly remember playing a game of flag football with our family, our first v1sit to a great vacation spot, or sitting around a table with friends playing D&D, poker, dominoes, or any other number of games? Why do we not as easily recall the last time we absolutely...