The Gamification Report Blog

Tick-Box Training Is Becoming a Visible Business Problem corporate training game garage gameful design Sep 11, 2026

The course was assigned. The employee clicked through it. The quiz was passed, the completion box was checked, and the report says the organization trained 96 percent of its people.

Wonderful.

But can anyone do anything differently because of it?

That question is becoming harder to avoid. Recent ...

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The Gaps You Can’t See on the Screen corporate training gameful design gamification Sep 07, 2026

On Friday morning, I sat back and watched our Level 3 Master Craftsman participants present the concept boards they had spent the week creating. No two boards looked alike, and none of them looked like a finished eLearning course.

One used sticky notes and game cards. Another used images connected ...

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Before We Build, We Meet corporate training learning experience design lxd Aug 31, 2026

This morning, our FallĀ Level 3 Master CraftsmanĀ cohort began its Design Intensive.

They arrived from different parts of the world, different organizations, different industries, and very different learning environments. Over the next five days, they will question assumptions, wrestle with design pr...

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The Future of Learning Is Being Built Right Now adult learning ai corporate training gamification Jun 26, 2026

I've been thinking a lot about AI lately.

Not because I'm trying to master every new tool that comes along. Frankly, that's impossible. By the time you learn one platform, three more have been released! What I've been thinking about is something much bigger than the tools themselves.

How do we, as...

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Why Professional Development Matters More Than Ever adult learning corporate training gamification Jun 22, 2026

Six hours today could change the opportunities available to you tomorrow.

Everywhere we look, someone is telling us the economy is doing great.

Yet every time I stop at the grocery store, fill up my gas tank, pay an insurance bill, or book a flight,Ā I am reminded that the reality many of us experi...

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AI Can Build a Course in Minutes. Now What? adult learning ai corporate training gamification Jun 15, 2026

If you spend any time reading posts about learning and development these days, it would be easy to conclude that AI has solved all of our problems.

Need a course outline?Ā AI can create one.Ā Need assessment questions?Ā AI can write them.Ā Need images, scenarios, job aids, facilitator guides, role play...

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The Best Gamification and Game-Based Learning Projects of 2026 adult learning corporate training gamification Apr 17, 2026

This Is What ā€œNot Averageā€ Looks Like

There’s a moment in every GamiCon where ideas stop being theoretical and start becoming real. They are tested, played, challenged, and experienced in ways that go far beyond slides or discussion. That moment is the Throwdown Showcase, and it consistently delive...

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