Smart ConneXions

11/06/2017

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/board-game-card-systems-gamification-why-platforms-fail-chandross/

When people speak about gamification they often presume that it is going to be tech heavy. This is incorrect. The best systems I have seen and used to

10/27/2017

Serious Games create compassionate action

Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest

10/13/2017

Mission to Mars being played by staff at McKesson.

10/12/2017

All the latest details on the 2017 OD Network Conference in Chicago, Illinois!

10/09/2017

Smart ConneXions Team Member:
Jonathan Estes, Founder, and CEO, Smart Game Systems, is an accomplished leader, keynote speaker, insightful writer and an innovator in Learning and Organizational Development. During the birth of the internet, as CEO of New Course Education, Jonathan contributed to the development of some of the first eLearning modules for universities and corporate training, he also developed an analytics tool, ProCourse, to substantiate the business impact of interpersonal skills training. With a degree in International Development, he led highly effective adult literacy-campaigns in North and South America and with TheraSim, Jonathan led international teams in the deployment of simulation software for HIV/AIDS health practitioner training in sub-Saharan Africa. Jonathan is now coupling his expertise in business with education, eLearning, simulations, analytics and a passion for games to serve as a change agent leveraging the power of serious games with community leaders, corporate teams, and INGOs, making a difference in the world.

10/08/2017

In games, people are more engaged. They “gain” the experience of having played and can relate what they learned to their own lives, regardless of what happens next in a project or program.

10/08/2017

Smart ConneXions Team Member:
Lisa Marie Main, MA, ABS, Co-founder and Principle Consultant, Continuum Consulting, is an accomplished leader, insightful consultant, executive coach, and engaging facilitator who delivers results with backbone and heart. She has traveled the world partnering with Fortune 50 companies such as Procter and Gamble, JP Morgan Chase, as well as Nestle, Alcon, Kellogg’s, community organizations and INGOs. Her acute understanding of the subtle energies and dynamics in human systems, coupled with creativity, are brought-to-life in all that she designs and delivers. Lisa recently served internally as COO and Director of Learning and Development for Verus Global, affording her a deep understanding and respect for the complexities challenging leaders and organizations today. Lisa earned her Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science, Leadership and OD in Human Systems. Since 1999, Lisa has incorporated and promoted the leading-edge knowledge and benefits of somatic-systemic approaches supported by neuroscience and interpersonal neuro-biology.

10/08/2017

Word On The Street We must build a culture of lean innovation to win in the market. Our Smart ConneXions game initiative first builds awareness, and then enhances skills and capabilities which are aligned with a culture of lean innovation. Most importantly, the game initiative impacts the organizati...

10/08/2017

Smart ConneXions Team Member:
Wendy B. White, ODCC, Co-founder and CEO, Continuum Consulting, is an international Organizational Development leader partnering with clients in a wide range of sectors from Fortune 500 companies to government, educational institutions, International NGO’s, and social entrepreneurs. This experience, coupled with internal OD roles with FHI360 and Blue Cross Blue Shield allows her to go beyond best practices theory to an insider’s understanding of the challenges clients face as they navigate cultural norms, generation gaps, employee engagement, differing personalities and company politics. Wendy is an innovative leader and consultant creating and facilitating Future Wave events, and incorporating serious game technology, MBTI, Appreciative Inquiry and Experiential Solutions that ensure desired, sustainable, results.