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4 Reasons to Play MiniGames
EXPERT TIP: If you aren’t changing a system, process, or behavior that
4 REASONS TO PLAY MINIGAMES will stick long after the MiniGame is over, you’re just killing time!
• Affect A Change
• Reinforce Business Education 2. Reinforce Business Education
MiniGames are one of the most effective tools used to “build a business of business people.” As a
• Build Teamwork short-term version of The Great Game of Business , they reinforce key components of success—
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goal setting, mutual responsibility, and performance management by:
• Create A Culture Of Winning
1. Teaching players to track, measure, and forecast team activity
2. Showing each member how they can contribute to team success
Once you’ve seen the transformational power of The Great Game of Business , your team will be- 3. Rewarding them as they progress
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gin to grab onto the gamification aspects; and along with it, the language. Words like Huddles and
scoreboards will become part of the vernacular of your organization. And to us, MiniGames are a
powerful way to describe short-term, self-funding incentive plans that will make a huge impact on 3. Build Teamwork
your organization in 90 days or less. MiniGames provide the members of a team, workgroup, or department with a shared, common
Through the years, many gurus have adapted MiniGames into their own systems; because MiniG- goal. While individual contribution is valued, individuals must unite as a team in order to reach the
ames work. You might be familiar with Rocks, RIPs, and WIGs which all include the key elements. overall goal found in the Critical Number ™ . MiniGame rewards are based on the success of the
They’ve got a goal, measures, scoreboard, an accountability rhythm. Some even tie front-line peo- team and give each player a vested interest in helping his or her team achieve its goal. We win and
ple back to the larger goals of the organization. lose as a team....and we ain’t gonna lose!
But they miss something important. A Stake in the Outcome . They miss the importance
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of driving results and celebrating the win with rewards and recognition. This is the linchpin in
teaching people about your business, including them in the design process and executing day- 4. Create a Culture of Winning
to-day. Remember, people support what they help create!
MiniGames can be a powerful tool, but in order to design a high-impact MiniGame, we must un- Face it. Many people don’t wake up feeling like winners. Life is hard. Maybe, just maybe, we could
derstand the reasons why we play them: create a winning environment at work where people are recognized and results are rewarded.
MiniGames instill the desire to win and can help you create a culture of winning.
Don’t forget that everyone should focus on the goal of the big Game—The Critical Number, but the
1. Affect a Change only way we can achieve that goal is by acting on the everyday activities and behaviors that influ-
ence the Critical Number.
The primary reason for playing a MiniGame is to strengthen the business through improved
performance. MiniGames help companies boost workgroup, departmental, and corporate perfor-
mance by focusing on an operational or financial number that represents a weakness or an op-
portunity. MiniGame teams are challenged to find solutions to current problems and take advan-
tage of opportunities—whatever it takes to get to the goal!
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