The Learning Edge - Gamification and L&D

This podcast episode features Chris Beckert, a Learning & Development Executive from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), as he shares his experiences of using games as a learning tool in a global consulting firm. Hosted by Actee's CEO Leif Sørensen, the discussion covers a range of topics related to game-based learning, including the successful implementation of games in specific settings, challenges encountered when using games with a group of over 250 colleagues, and knowledge of facilitating games internally in CCL.

The conversation delves into the preparation required for using games as a learning tool and the data generated by Actee after a game-based learning session. Chris and Leif also offer insights on their wishes for the game industry going forward and valuable advice for other consultants interested in using Actee as a tool for their own clients or organizations.

Overall, the podcast episode provides an informative and engaging discussion on the use of games as a learning tool and how they can be effectively implemented in a corporate setting.

More on games here. www.actee.com

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In this podcast episode, Marlena Sofia Rasmussen, a learning and development enthusiast from Telenor, talks about the company's sustainable people development initiatives.

She elaborates on new learning activities, including challenging assumptions about leadership development, planting seeds, and taking CXO-1 level executives to the woods.

Marlena also discusses current and future trends in learning, such as continuous learning, the 40-hour challenge to keep skills updated, and building T-shaped professionals.

Additionally, she talks about emerging trends in leadership, such as autonomous teams and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Finally, Marlena provides a tip for listeners on where to start if they want to change the world and shares her thoughts on the potential role of games and programs in leadership development.

More on games here. www.actee.com

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Katia has first-hand been using this power duo of research and games for the SIW project. The SIW - Socially Innovative Knowledge Work - project entailed researchers from Roskilde University, in collaboration with business and interest organisations, who investigated new developments in the labour market for knowledge workers and experimented with new forms of organisation. As a result of this project, 5 SIW serious games were created. Test the games here: Retain Talented Employees 👉 https://marketing.actee.com/?/app/join-by-session/52f72519-c146-4cbe-81e0-a7e2dbe62243/module1 Agile Thriving 👉 https://marketing.actee.com/?/app/join-by-session/52f72519-c146-4cbe-81e0-a7e2dbe62243/module2 The Cooperative Company 👉 https://marketing.actee.com/?/app/join-by-session/52f72519-c146-4cbe-81e0-a7e2dbe62243/module3 Create A Good Working Environment 👉 https://marketing.actee.com/?/app/join-by-session/52f72519-c146-4cbe-81e0-a7e2dbe62243/module4 Help The Freelancer Join The Team 👉 https://marketing.actee.com/?/app/join-by-session/52f72519-c146-4cbe-81e0-a7e2dbe62243/module5 We will at this event discuss Katia's work with the SIW research project and how the Actee game tools affected the research. Furthermore, we will look into the results, as well as hear her reflections on the games and the process. Katia has also collaborated with Leif Sørensen on the book: 10 keys to well-being - for organisations that hirer flexibly.

Recent publications from Katia:

How Do Participatory Governance and Reciprocity Impact Working Conditions in the SSE Organizations?—An Emotion Work Analysis Journal of Social Entrepreneurship https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2021.2020884

People as Our Most Important Asset: A Critical Exploration of Agility and Employee Commitment. Project Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728221077013

Hard/heart worker: work intensification in purpose-driven organisations. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-07-2020-1989

More on games here. www.actee.com

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Join the discussion with two super awesome Actee'Vists Marianne Hagen and Ida Bjerkelund who will discuss the topic of the game development journey with our CEO Leif Sorensen.

Move has solution architects with cutting-edge expertise in market-leading technologies and makes sure to build a secure and future-proof infrastructure that gives you digital control both technically and financially. The range of solutions in Move is large and covers the entire ICT infrastructure within Client, Network, Security, Server, Storage, Backup/Restore and Database.

Alongside all hardware and software-based solutions, Move also delivers integrated services and adaptations across various specialist areas. As part of ensuring that their customers also have organizational control over their resources, processes and duties, they also deliver management systems for information security and regulatory compliance.

The podcast discussion will touch on the areas of game development; the thoughts behind it and its purpose, the process of building a game, and the biggest struggles in connection to the building of a game.

Then the discussion will continue with a focus on playing the game with clients, feedback from their games, and tips and tricks on how to explain the perks of Actee and using the customized games.

More on games here. www.actee.com

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Since 1970, it's been CCL's mission to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide. They strive to make the world a better place through more effective leadership. Their human-centred experiences ignite transformational and sustainable change for individuals, organizations, and the communities they serve.

In this podcast, Bert De Coutere and Leif Sørensen CEO and founder of Actee, discuss the journey of implementing a system as Actee.

CCL use the Actee gamification tools for their leadership development courses. CCL are a research institution, that focuses on the experiential learning approach in their sessions, and here Actee fits in perfectly as it "Makes the theory come alive" and it is simple both to use and understand.

"Deceptively simple, but when you use it, you feel the power of it" - Bert De Coutere.

The podcast ends with a focus on the green agenda in L&D's future, and how Bert expects the industry to change.

Try a Leadership development game here.

Activism, Onboarding, Goals, Motivation, Communication, Education and Fun!

These are the key elements to creating sustainable people development on the topic of the green agenda. You can hear Henrik Horn Andersen from Implement Consulting Group discuss this topic of sustainable people development on the green agenda with Actee's CEO Leif Sørensen.

Key takeaways to find in this podcast are how to motivate change, through activism and especially by connecting your employees' personal goals to the companies. Henrik has some inspiring insights into how to achieve this amongst other great pieces of advice for sustainable people development on the green agenda.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you'd like to test just how you can create engagement and fun in your L&D sessions on these difficult topics, you can try a game for free here, on creating gender equality in the office.

Listen in on Leif Sørensen, CEO of Actee and Tomas Sander Poulsen, Director of Provice in an interesting discussion about the combination of games and sustainability.

We can't fix the world alone. As history, theories and countless models have taught us, there is power in numbers and diversity! So, we teamed up with two perfect partners for the task - GCO and Provice!

Provice is a consultancy firm that works with:

Green Innovation

Sustainable Change

Circular Economy

Strategy & Organizational Development

Process Optimization

Over the past few months, we have collaborated on green games with the theme of climate accounting. In our industry, there are several companies that are starting to take an interest in developing climate accounting and setting their own climate targets.

Test a few chapters of the game here! The overall purpose of the game is to give the player insight into the elements that apply when developing climate accounts - from knowledge of the various technical topics to insight and reflection on how it affects the value chain, strategically and in the organization.

In this short podcast Leif Sørensen, CEO and founder of Actee, is being interviewed by Dr. Marcus Gottschalk, CEO of Change Leadership & Partners (CLP), about the Actee gamification tool Cycle.

The Cycle gameboard - earlier known as 'Actee Change' is a useful tool for change management. CLP themselves use Actee's Cycle board with great success! Together, the two wise men explore the dynamics of change management.

They discuss amongst others:

- What is Actee and why is the tool so successful in L&D?

- How does it work - how is it implemented?

- What change cases might look like in the future for organizations?

We hope you will enjoy this episode.