If you’ve been following this newsletter since its inception, you’ve picked up on my interest in the consumerization of enterprise software. After obsessing over this Kevin Kwok blog post for a while, I’m now dissecting this Scott Belsky podcast episode
Gamification of enterprise software has so much potential imho. I don't mean trick users with fake points. Make it useful, make it fun. Not mutually exclusive.
I have this one idea for technical vulnerability management which often requires multi stakeholder remediation (multi-player by default). As systems are patched or addressed some other way, with the dependencies abstracted as levels, a team can work towards 100% compliance with points-based progress. Potential for friendly, cross team competition as different system owners are motivated to patch their stuff. Bugs naturally lend themselves to quantifiable targets ...
Gamification of enterprise software has so much potential imho. I don't mean trick users with fake points. Make it useful, make it fun. Not mutually exclusive.
what are some example enterprise products where you've seen gamification leveraged in a useful / fun way?
I have this one idea for technical vulnerability management which often requires multi stakeholder remediation (multi-player by default). As systems are patched or addressed some other way, with the dependencies abstracted as levels, a team can work towards 100% compliance with points-based progress. Potential for friendly, cross team competition as different system owners are motivated to patch their stuff. Bugs naturally lend themselves to quantifiable targets ...