When you think about human development and personal growth, where does your attention go first? Not where it should go. Where it actually goes. Choose the option that feels most natural to you. There is no correct answer here. This is about orientation, not quality. If you want, add one sentence in the comments explaining why you chose what you chose. No justifications needed. I am curious where this community actually stands.

Gamification was my personal starting point into the vast world of behavioral economics. I later gained a better understanding of many aspects of gamification after delving deeper into behavioral economics and behavioral psychology as a whole. Evolutionary biology and neuroscience have also shaped my view of gamification. What other topics interest you in this context, but outside the traditional industry of gamification?

Data is not the magic. The framing is. Gamified L&D environments can take boring data and turns it into an emotionally charged storyline, character arc, a bragging right, or a personal memory. So the value is not the number. It is the interpretation. Which is exactly the opposite of what organisations most oftne do with their KPIs/dashboards. Most dashboards present information as statistics. What if we present information as a protagonist’s journey? Huge difference.

Really? Lists? a list is a game mechanic? Well... a list is a series of elements. We can use a list in whatever context we want so when we connect it to our design, it can become a game mechanic. All we have to do is give the list a context within the narrative. "This is the list of ingredients to create the ultimate cake. You must go find all of them so we can greet our guests with this delicacy" And now the list has value. If you lose the list its an issue. If you don't get all the items the cake won't be real and then the story can't flow. :) That's it. When we give the right context, the tool becomes a game mechanic :)