Pre-Conference Workshop
June 16, 2025 | Paradox Hotel, Vancouver (BC)
Gamify Your Data: Transforming Insights into Actionable Results
1:00 PM – Registration
1:30 PM – Part 1: Understanding Data and Gamification
- Introduction
Define "Gamify Your Data" and explain its importance in modern decision-making.
Overview of gamification principles and their intersection with data. - Theoretical Framework
What is Gamification?
- Key elements: points, badges, leaderboards, and narratives.
- Behavioral psychology: how gamification motivates and engages users.
- How gamification leverages data to create feedback loops.
Data in Context:
- Types of data:
Structured vs. unstructured
Time-series vs. transactional
- Modern data capture capabilities:
Ideal vs. reality
PLCs, wearables, fleet management systems - Case Studies
Real-world examples where gamification has driven actionable insights from data:
- Fitness apps (e.g., gamifying health metrics).
- Learning platforms (e.g., tracking and rewarding learning progress).
- White-collar and other labor-intensive industries.
Interactive group discussion: Share similar experiences and brainstorm additional applications.
Transition: Gamification in blue-collar vs. white-collar work. - Activity: Build a Gamified Data Flow
Participants will design a simple gamification system using a given dataset.
Example: Creating engagement metrics for foremen and workers in an underground mine.
3:00 PM – Coffee Break
3:30 PM – Part 2: Implementing Data-Driven Gamification
- Building Gamification Systems
Steps to identify the right data points for gamification.
Tools and platforms that facilitate gamification using data. - Practical Challenges and Solutions
Addressing common pitfalls, such as poorly designed metrics and the misuse of objective measures for punishment.
Ethical considerations: avoiding the encouragement of inappropriate behaviors and addiction. - Hands-On Workshop
Create a scorecard using available safety and productivity metrics.
Scenario 1: Surface mineral processing plant drawing feed from three different mines.
Scenario 2: Underground sublevel cave or longwall coal operation.
Participants will create mock-ups or flowcharts and present them to the group. - Closing Discussion
Reflection on how gamification can turn data into actionable insights.
Q&A session and brainstorming for personal projects.
5:00 PM – End of Workshop