A long time ago, I created a little framework for improving teamwork in organisations. I had forgotten about it until a recent conversation! So here it is, the TRAC to Teamwork
The TRAC to Teamwork
Education
Learning from the Dark Side of the Gig Economy: Unraveling Incentives and Behavioral Challenges
We’ve all been there. You stop at traffic lights, and a frenzied delivery cyclist swiftly zips in front, ignoring the light. Perhaps you’re at KFC, jostled by a swarm of Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers, all clamouring and gesturing at order numbers on their phones. Or maybe you find yourself unable to access your driveway because a colossal white van obstructs it, while an Amazon delivery person leaves £300 worth of electrical goods on your neighbour’s doorstep in the pouring rain.
How can Carmen Miranda and some little piggies help you become a better writer?
That may well be the oddest title I’ve ever written.
Look, I’ll keep this short. If you want to write content, be it personal or professional, that resonates with people – don’t talk about yourself all the time!
If you read your content out loud and it sounds like this
Or
Then you are not speaking to or about your target audience – you are just talking about you and they will get bored very very very fast.
For those who didn’t want to watch the clips they went “I, I, I, I, I, I” and “We, We, We, We, We”
What Is The Opposite of Play?
Play is a fundamental human need that brings joy, creativity, and learning to our lives. Play can also help us cope with stress, improve our mental health, and enhance our social skills. But what happens when we don’t play enough? What is the opposite of play, and how does it affect us?
Some might think that the opposite of play is work, but that’s not necessarily true. Work can be playful, engaging, and meaningful if it aligns with our values, interests, and strengths. Work can also provide us with a sense of purpose, achievement, and belonging. However, work can also be boring, stressful, and unfulfilling if it doesn’t match our needs, preferences, and goals. Work can also take over our lives and leave us with little time or energy for play.
What Is the Opposite of Engagement?
In gamification, we talk about engagement a lot! After all, the whole point of gamification is to engage people and get them to do more of something!
But what is the opposite of engagement and why is it important to know this?
Firstly, let’s get our definition of engagement. I like to use the one offered by Macey and Schneider in 2008, which whilst focused on employee engagement, I think fits generally for many gamification purposes.
Employee engagement is “a desirable condition that has an organizational purpose and connotes involvement, commitment, passion, enthusiasm, focused effort, and energy”. In other words, engagement is when employees are fully invested in their work and feel a sense of purpose and fulfillment.