{"id":1137,"date":"2021-09-04T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talenthawk.eu.applyflow.com\/uncategorized\/news-video-games-make-your-team-work-smarter-honestly-41764\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:49:45","slug":"news-video-games-make-your-team-work-smarter-honestly-41764","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talenthawk.com\/blogs\/news-video-games-make-your-team-work-smarter-honestly-41764\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Games make your team work smarter (honestly)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The benefits of using video games to build collaboration……<\/p>\n

Over the years many of us have experienced team building exercises as a way to improve collaboration between teams, departments and colleagues, whether this has been everyone sat in a meeting room, at an outdoor activity or these days over a zoom call. Regardless, the objective is and always has been to work more effectively, as well as learning problem-solving techniques and improving communication skills. Video games have always pretty much been synonymous with fun, with no one questioning the value of a long-standing poker or board game night\u2026.. However, are these not just socially sanctioned team-building exercises?<\/div>\n
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Somewhere along the line video gaming got a bad rap, and tends to just be associated with the younger generation sitting away in a dark basement spending hours glued to a flashing screen, but if we take a step back Video gaming incorporates everything we see daily in the workplace:<\/div>\n
\u2022 Pursuing mutual goals<\/div>\n
\u2022 Sharing resources<\/div>\n
\u2022 Task ownership<\/div>\n
\u2022 Collaborative problem solving<\/div>\n
\u2022 General communication<\/div>\n
\u2022 Shared success<\/div>\n
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Playing games with someone allows you to interact and engage with them outside of a working environment and you get to explore and experience that together seeing a different side to them than you would in a professional setting.<\/div>\n
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Studies have been carried out over the past few years that have directly proved productivity in teams that played video games for just 45 minutes was 20% higher than those that engaged in more traditional team-building exercises. What\u2019s more, this was for gamers and novices alike! Game situations often mirror common team structures within a workplace, where everyone has a specific role in achieving a common goal, creating a scenario whereby everyone uses the community collective intelligence to understand not only their role but also everyone else\u2019s.<\/div>\n
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It is my opinion that these benefits are not just solely based on teams but that there is benefit on an individual level, with plenty of evidence demonstrating improved universally sought-after skills such as literacy, creativity and communication as well as specialised skills such as leadership, budgeting, problem-solving and strategic thinking.<\/div>\n
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What are your thoughts or experiences surrounding this topic?\u00a0 Has anyone tried this themselves?<\/div>\n
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