Work Gamified is a Professional Services Company that specializes in organizational performance A Brief Survey of Gaming Elements Awards, achievements, levels, badges An award or achievement – new level or badge – is something that’s earned by a player accomplishing something – meeting some criteria. Achievements can reward many different facets of player activity. Two of the semi-finalists use this game element to gamify their work: How to Start a Movement in Your Company - Most people at our company were heavy coffee drinkers so I chose to use $5 cards. Now a $5 card represents a glorified pat-on-the-back. Atlassian’s Big Experiment with Performance Reviews - Kudos model 150 peer-kudos gifts have been handed out. 75% of staff who displayed outstanding performance were recognised by peers outside any formal process Motivation Game elements can add role play and fantasy, be fun and whimsical, spur competition, or fire up a desire to beat a high score. There are many ways to motivate, and well-design games tap in to all of them. A Company Run by Self-Managed Teams - Motivation is not something that can be commanded. You can't tell someone - "be motivated". It is something that is internally driven and which only the right environment and organizational model can elicit. So our aim was to create an environment and model that best enabled people to satisfy their innate desire for autonomy, mastery and purpose.