How video games can empower real world success | Jonathan Harrison | TEDxBocaRaton

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  • Опубликовано: 10 май 2015
  • His skills range from individual coaching to speaking to large audiences of several hundred. Jonathan’s personal focus is helping others succeed through leveraging and teaching problem solving approaches.
    Jonathan D. Harrison, MBA, ODCC is the Manager of Organizational Development at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. He is also an author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster with over 30 years of experience with video games. His unique approach to teaching business, leadership, and life lessons with video game analogy and metaphor has appeared on FastCompany, Lifehacker, The Good Men Project, The Computer Games Journal, and more. He enjoys communicating and translating ideas to help others live a more effective life. Jonathan is a Florida native where he resides with his wife and son.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Комментарии • 37

  • @BeanInspiredGamer
    @BeanInspiredGamer 4 года назад +7

    You are right, my own journey started of learning and growing started after I had the idea of using Video game life lessons and motivations to inspire people and gamers on RUclips, I am not a successful RUclipsr yet but I believe if I persist long enough I will make some impact.

  • @LumpzClown
    @LumpzClown 9 лет назад +6

    Great speech! There's NO DOUBT in my mind that I learned adaptability as I played video games growing up, along with problem solving and time management as I tried to get as far as I could in the hour I was given each day!
    Keep fighting the good fight, Jon! :-)

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 9 лет назад

      Lumpz Clown - thank you sir! Adaptability is a big one, much needed in life.

  • @JaredEasley
    @JaredEasley 9 лет назад +4

    Outstanding.... Congrats Jon. You nailed it.

  • @leoalfredo6875
    @leoalfredo6875 4 года назад +1

    I THINK EVERYONE ELSE IS LUCKY. THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PARENTS THAT LISTENING TO YOU.. MY PARENTS IS NOT LISTENING TO ME.. I SAID I COULD ACHIEVE GREAT SUCCESS BY PLAYING A GAMES, BUT THERE TOO PUSHING ME TOWARDS BOOK!! I DON'T LIKE BEING TEACH LIKE A KID!!.. YEAH I KNOW.. I WILL TRY TO CONVINCE THEM BY SHOWING THIS AMAZING SPEECH!!. THANK YOU

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 3 года назад

      balance is important - I love books too!

  • @goodkedi6982
    @goodkedi6982 4 года назад +2

    Amazing talk! Very relatable!

  • @playandgrowrich7139
    @playandgrowrich7139 6 лет назад +11

    What if I told you Neo... You are playing the game ... right... now

  • @ElloryWells
    @ElloryWells 9 лет назад +5

    Love this! Great talk Jon =)

  • @CameronHill1
    @CameronHill1 9 лет назад +4

    Great speech i can relate to his experience in my own life as a gamer

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 9 лет назад

      Cameron Hill thanks Cameron - how have you seen this in your own life? I love hearing about others' experiences as well!

  • @shizyninjarocks
    @shizyninjarocks 7 лет назад +10

    This nerd is smart.

    • @BogdanEmilBunica
      @BogdanEmilBunica 4 года назад

      Yes, smart for finding a way to justify himself about wasting so much time in playing game and then also making a dollar by preaching it in these talks.

  • @jcharrison12
    @jcharrison12 7 лет назад +3

    You can read more about this idea in the book "Mastering The Game: What Video Games Can Teach Us About Success In Life" available on Amazon & Barns and Noble's website

    • @playandgrowrich7139
      @playandgrowrich7139 6 лет назад +1

      I recently came across your book and am a little over halfway through! Good stuff so far. Getting some good stuff out of it. Glad I came across your video (and now I see you have a channel as well!)

  • @VideoGamesAndTheWorld
    @VideoGamesAndTheWorld 7 лет назад +9

    Video Games can help develop three core needs: Relatedness, Competence and Autonomy.
    Although it's very sad how some people think otherwise and so negatively about video games such as the media, politicians, lawmakers, religious groups and not to forget all the Anita Sarkeesians and Zoe Quinns out there.

  • @invictus2336
    @invictus2336 9 лет назад +3

    I think this is more dependent on the type of games that a gamer plays. There is, of course, some overlap in skills obtained between all genres. My favorite genre has always been historically based RTS games since I discovered the genre in late 2003. I would doubt one would get much management skills from a shooter but instead excel more at collaboration and quickly adapting for example.
    The one problem I see with this presentation is that I do not think it will change the mindset of employers about gamers. I believe that within the next 10 years, playing video games will still be seen as a negative and gamers will be unfairly discriminated against because of it. I guarantee most people would never admit to playing games as a hobby with their employers because of biases that would arise from it. Therefore, I think more proof/studies are needed to support the claim that "video games can empower real world success" before the idea can be accepted by those that hire.

    • @NatralSelection
      @NatralSelection 8 лет назад +1

      Same here. We need ways to draw metaphors so they can see how our skills translate with respect to specific games and the strategies required for mastery

  • @rakvian
    @rakvian 6 лет назад +5

    Cool, but I don't have time for games :(

    • @elel2608
      @elel2608 5 лет назад +2

      INTJourney game is a simulation of the best life. What you experience in a game you experience in the life best lived.

  • @boshiko3587
    @boshiko3587 4 года назад +1

    What game is best for success ?

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 4 года назад +2

      I would venture that it is different for each person - if a game speaks to you and you really enjoy it, look for ways you can apply the same thinking in your life/work/school - just about any game can help you that way!

    • @boshiko3587
      @boshiko3587 4 года назад

      @@jcharrison12 Wew yeah

    • @Viral757_
      @Viral757_ 2 года назад +1

      classic Ninja Gaiden 3 : Ancient ship of doom
      look no further..
      🍁🍁🍁

  • @ferdikadatu687
    @ferdikadatu687 5 лет назад +2

    the fact is video games just a simulation you can save and reset, but in real world there are no save and reset which why I quit video games and learn from the reality a real world, not simulation with computer script

  • @kirbymexicano7
    @kirbymexicano7 Год назад +1

    You can also use videogames to learn languages, that's how I learned English, doing that you have fun and learn at the same time, that way you can kill two birds with one stone!

  • @WoWGirl6
    @WoWGirl6 4 года назад

    So if I was a raid leader I can lead/manage employees?!

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 4 года назад +1

      If you look at it that way, you might be surprised at the results : )

    • @jcharrison12
      @jcharrison12 4 года назад +1

      Better than many might think!

    • @trisix99
      @trisix99 3 года назад +1

      If you apply those skills to life (:

  • @15th_reaper8
    @15th_reaper8 7 лет назад

    im a gamer since i was 14 now im 18 and i get 150 bulgarian lev a week ask yourself are games a bad thing or are they helping people with their problems i was the one in class that everyone used as a gimmie pig if i wasnt playing games i would be always depressed and maybe i wouldnt even have self respect

  • @DanyIsDeadChannel313
    @DanyIsDeadChannel313 6 лет назад +5

    or do something likewise productive

  • @SSchithFoo
    @SSchithFoo 5 лет назад +2

    Take it with a grain of salt. He just cherry picked a few people without looking into countless others who actually has achieved nothing much from video games. Time and resource are limited and spending time on playing most video games is a waste of both. Exceptions are games like Age of Empires or Assassins Creed where players are encouraged to look into the histories of actual events. I firmly believe video games have great potential to teach but they are no where near that level yet.

  • @Jransom008
    @Jransom008 6 месяцев назад +1

    What is everything else 😂 no way this stuff was here back then weirdo