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Raymond de Villiers, Wisdom Games CEO

Innovation is one of those strange business anomalies that exist in our world. Why anomaly, you say? Innovation is one the things that most organisations and industries say they want, yet when it comes down to it, it is also something they are most afraid of.

The paradox is created by the sincere desire to create something new, existing in tension with the cultural inertia that resists change. Resisting change often is a sign of being terrified of… Continue

There is an underground revolution sweeping through the corporate sector. The Gamer generation are here and if they aren’t already changing your organisation…they will soon. Generation X is the first generation to grow up with computer games rather than with board games as a means of entertainment. As the Millennials follow Generation X into the workplace the recreation habits of these groups are changing the way they do business.

There are numerous implications for business but they can be sim… Continue

- Implications of online realities in the new economy -

Throughout 2008 the corporate world was exposed to the reality of virtual worlds which has seen a growing influence on how companies train and communicate. This trend was largely driven by the rising influence and profile of virtual online worlds, which allow users to create alternate realities such as that offered by Second Life, and in a similar vein the computer game SIMS. This is a trend that is expected to continue into 2009 as… Continue