… to build on is new, original creative work. We’ve created a good body of work over four years. These works include original murder mysteries, developed one-act shows, scavenger hunts, puzzle sets, card games, and role-playing games. Our most popular events by far are the murder mysteries.

And that, for me, is one of the rewards as player too. You are taking part in a play. You have a character, whose struggling to achieve certain goals. And they'd all be easy if everyone else would just co-operate.

Simply by not speaking you are sending a message to allow open conversation.

Is your team seemingly disengaged and not aligned? There’s one simple question you can ask the individuals in the team to start the conversation needed to fix this problem.

Learn from the Sisyphus myth: don’t let your team feel that work is a punishment, and spot the early signs of work turning into a never-ending, unrewarding task.

This book is all about change, and how to cope with it.

When you host a murder mystery there are three key items to consider. No one thing will make your event a success - but ignoring any of these three key components can break it.

… if we look at Agile from a gameful viewpoint, we can see some features of it that resonate with games. These add another reason why many, many developers find the Agile development process a way to work that leaves them motivated and engaged.

Gameful thinking is about analyzing processes and problems in terms of a game. It doesn't mean everything is a game, but as Jane McGonigal shows in 'SuperBetter', using gameplay can make you more resilient, more able to meet your goals, and more able to stay motivated.

If you're creating a unique party for your friends or your work team, the more stories they get from it, the more details they have to talk about, the longer they'll be thinking about it. Which means you'll be remembered for the great event.

It is a personal favourite of mine, and this makes for a quick 10-15 minute burst of concentrated play. This can trigger the flow state we have been discussing and help my own concentration on other tasks that follow.

There is a psychological concept called "flow", first described by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (try saying that without speaking Hungarian). Flow is a state of mind where you are highly engaged in a task, and performing that task at your highest level of ability, and have a level of contentment in meeting your goals.

What you think you've said, and what the other person hears can be a world apart. Understanding that can really help in many aspects.