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Dinesh Kalidoss & Prathyusha V Is gamification only about building a game within business applications? Not really! It is about creating the emotions associated with a game in real world situations. Gamification is the concept of applying game-like elements and techniques to real-world business problems. There have been proven cases of large organizations that have used gamification to boost business performance. Gamification, typically, can be applied by an organisation both internally and externally. Internal implementations primarily target employees, paving the path to learning, productivity enhancements, behavior changes and idea generation. External implementations help organisations do better in their sales, marketing, and customer engagement initiatives, thereby, positively impacting their business. Close Creating a gamification Framework Gamification, in our opinion, enables the creation of an emotional attachment for participants in business … [Read more...] about Gamification’s role in the insurance domain

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continues its downward plunge, airing daily doses of dirty laundry, bringing out the worst in its audience. Live-streaming on multiple platforms, featuring a wide range of celebrity witnesses, the trial has been a sordid spectacle from the beginning, a cruel parody of reality television; few other events are capable of maintaining this amount of attention for such an extended period of time - celebrity scandals usually fade as fast as they arrive on our timelines. But the “serialized” nature of the case, the constant drips of new information, have turned this trial into a goldmine of content, launching small creators into the stratosphere - legal experts, armchair experts, and gossip merchants are all armed with pickaxes, hacking away like there’s no tomorrow. Amid the swirling social media hysteria, it’s easy to forget what the trial is even about - defamation, … [Read more...] about Johnny Depp And Amber Heard’s Trial Has Stans Scrambling To Control The Narrative

Editor’s note: Each week in Staff Favorites, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). Forget doom scrolling. I’ve become obsessed with bloom scrolling. Instagram is a great platform for those looking to get lost in a sea of #ColoradoWildflowers , but that’s not what I’m talking about. My discovery tab is almost nothing but pastry artists creating floral arrangements that are also edible. Sometimes, they’re almost too beautiful to want to eat. Folks like Ginger Taylor ( @thecupcakeexperience1 ) in Dallas are simply masterful in their ability to decorate desserts to look like carnations and cactuses. It’s easy to spend countless hours watching her squeeze every icing leaf and petal into place with the same care and precision as an artist painting a portrait. RELATED: 4 dessert destinations for you to discover in Denver right now … [Read more...] about Forget doom scrolling. Try bloom scrolling through our new Instagram floral obsession

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Noosheen Hashemi is founder and CEO of January AI. The health tech sector is expanding rapidly, having received an infusion of capital at the start of the pandemic that is proving to be a new status quo . The outlook is promising for what continued digitization and technological innovation can bring when it comes to healthcare. And one of the most exciting things happening in the health tech space doesn’t require the design of new technologies or the development of new therapies; rather, it’s a smarter and more efficient way of leveraging what we already have: healthcare data. I’ve argued the benefits of individuals owning their own healthcare data in the past, and the points in favor are clear, from increased privacy to greater consumer choice. The larger question, then, is how such a paradigm can be implemented. How will health data be protected? The Interoperability and Patient Access Final … [Read more...] about How To Make Individual Healthcare Data Ownership A Reality

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sergey Gribov is a Partner at Flint Capital , an early-stage venture fund that invests across Israel, USA and Europe. In 2021, American VC-backed companies raised $329.9 billion . This is a nearly 100% increase over the record-breaking $166.6 billion raised in 2020. On top of this, early-stage VC activity surpassed $80 billion for the first time, and annual exit values soared to more than $774 billion. This huge influx of funds led to skyrocketing startup valuations in 2021. However, as the end of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be on the horizon, entrepreneurs and investors alike are wondering what the future holds. Can these sky-high valuations last? Is this investment frenzy sustainable, or should we brace for a crash? Fortunately, the answers to these questions paint a brighter picture than you might expect. How The Federal Reserve Influences The VC Market The U.S. Federal Reserve is … [Read more...] about Startup Valuations Now: Are We In A Bubble?

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Historical Association (PHA) on Sunday urged historians to help in combating the distortion of historical narrative through scholarly discourse both in academic and public spaces. Dr. Ma. Luisa Camagay, PHA president and a professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines Diliman, in a video statement said that the “reckless” exercise of free speech resulted in the “toxic mixture” of disinformation with established historical facts. “Such distortion of the historical narrative, particularly when made for partisan ends, impinges on society’s moral fabric and cultural identity. This made Filipinos turn against each other and permit what was once intolerable,” she said. To deal with the “steady rise” of disinformation campaigns, especially on social media, Camagay said conferences, fora, multimedia, and scholarly works must be done in academic and public spaces. “While interpretations of what came before may vary given one’s … [Read more...] about Partisan historical distortion scored

(Image: AP) If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the legal and culture wars over abortion that have consumed the United States for decades would increasingly be fought on a new front: abortion pills. Medication abortion — a two-drug combination that can be taken at home or in any location and is authorized for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy — has become more and more prevalent and now accounts for more than half of recent abortions in the United States. If the federal guarantee of abortion rights disappears, medication abortion would likely become an even more sought-after method for terminating a pregnancy — and the focus of battles between states that ban abortion and those that continue to allow it. “Given that most abortions are early and medication abortion is harder to trace and already kind of becoming the majority or preferred method, it’s going to be a big deal,” said Mary Ziegler, a visiting law professor at Harvard. “It’s going to generate a lot of … [Read more...] about Abortion Pills Stand to Become the Next Battleground in a Post-Roe America

Pro-abortion protests erupted in several parts of the US in first week of May (Image: AP) Jan Downey, who calls herself “a Catholic Republican,” is so unhappy about the Supreme Court’s likely reversal of abortion rights that she is leaning toward voting for a Democrat for Pennsylvania governor this year. “Absolutely,” she said. “On that issue alone.” Linda Ward, also a Republican, said the state’s current law allowing abortion up to 24 weeks was “reasonable.” But Ward said she would vote for a Republican for governor, even though all the leading candidates vowed to sign legislation sharply restricting abortion. She is disgusted with inflation, mask mandates and “woke philosophy,” she said. “After what’s happened this past year, I will never vote for a Democrat,” said Ward, a retired church employee. “Never!” Close Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states where abortion access hangs in the balance with midterm elections this year, is a test case of the … [Read more...] about Midterms’ biggest abortion battleground: Pennsylvania

Meta has reportedly prohibited employees from discussing abortion at work. Meta has asked its employees to refrain from discussing abortion at work. According to a report in The Verge , a Meta executive on Thursday told employees they are banned from discussing abortion on Workplace, the company’s internal communication platform, citing an “increased risk” of being seen as a “hostile work environment.” A section of the company’s internal “Respectful Communication Policy” prohibits employees from discussing “opinions or debates about abortion being right or wrong, availability or rights of abortion, and political, religious, and humanitarian views on the topic.” The policy has been in place since 2019 but was only reported until recently, when the debate around abortions was renewed after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion revealed that the US judiciary has voted to strike down Roe v Wade – the landmark ruling of 1973 which legalised abortion in the United States. … [Read more...] about Meta tells employees not to discuss abortion at work

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters said overturning Roe v. Wade wasn’t good enough and that the government needed to step in and restrict abortions nationwide in an appearance on the podcast “The Truth” with Lisa Boothe set to be released Monday. The Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe this session, a leaked draft opinion revealed May 3, meaning states would be able to regulate and restrict abortion as they did prior to 1973. Masters argued the federal government needs to step in to ban late term abortions in states that want to continue allowing them after Roe is overturned. At other points today, some GOP senators had muted praise for the draft substance. Romney: “I support a decision to return a decision on abortion to the states.” Rounds: Overturning Roe “in my opinion would be good” Portman: “I’m pro-life, so I’m not discouraged by that” https://t.co/4wbHNA4tCS — Jess Bidgood (@jessbidgood) May 3, 2022 “They use this sort of … [Read more...] about ‘Step In And Protect Life’: Blake Masters Says Rolling Back Roe v. Wade Isn’t Good Enough