Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Teamwork with audio

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Monday 12th March 2012

• Explorations in Corporate Zoology

  by Tim Hwang

  Normally, we think about businesses as a mere collection of people working together. But, organizations also collectively act as a unit, facing the needs of survival and competing with others for resources. To that end, could we think about corporations and organizations as a unique sort of living, breathing species onto itself?

  This talk explores the latest research in the field of “corporate zoology,” which brings evolutionary theory and ecological science to better understand how businesses evolve and interact with one another. We’ll delve into efforts by corporate naturalists to understand how different businesses evolve adaptations over time in the form of departments, professionalization, and the pattern of investment. It will also explore the insights emerging from the assembly of a comprehensive “animal kingdom” classification for businesses.

  It’s going to be Jacques Cousteau meets the Wall Street Journal. Dawkins meets Microsoft. Darwin meets Enron. It’s going to be awesome.

  • Business
  • Collaboration
  • Teamwork

  At 9:30am to 10:30am, Monday 12th March

  In Salon C, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip

• Motivating Employees: Gamification at Work

  by Molly Kittle

  The research has shown that employees (and people in general) are motivated by autonomy, mastery, purpose, progress and recognition, yet most jobs are severely lacking on all counts. Games, on the other hand, provide all of the above, and through them get people leaning forward, engaged, and working individually and collectively toward their goals. In this session we’ll discuss how to leverage game mechanics in the workplace to motivate your employees around sales, recognition, business transformation, health & wellness, training, and overall job performance. We’ll also discuss how companies have successfully “flipped the bit” that turns work into play, and conversely, from play into work. Join us for this deep dive into enterprise gamification programs and come away with ideas that you can apply in your own workplace.

  • Gamification
  • Teamwork
  • Work

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday 12th March

  In Brazos, Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip

• Digital Leaders Are Made, Not Born. But How!?

  by Erik Qualman

  We all have a little Jeremy Lin or Linsanity in us. We all want to achieve greatness. To leave a digital stamp today and forever. In this entertaining session best selling author Erik Qualman (Socialnomics) pulls from his newest book Digital Leader and shows how the best and brightest from Hsieh to Jobs to even Jeremy Lin simplify their way to success. Learn Learn how to become a Digital Leader + How to achieve your best life and legacy + Avoid multi-tasking as it is junk food for the brain + How to influence and attract thousands of followers + Why digital shadows are more important than your digital footprint + How to empower others. And why, success is truly a digital choice.

  • Celebrity
  • Digital Footprint
  • Digital Shadows
  • Social Media
  • Teamwork

  At 5:30pm to 5:50pm, Monday 12th March

  In Ballroom G, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip