Gamification for High-Performance Teams and Leadership

A hands-on immersion into the power of game-based approaches applied to leadership and collective performance.
This module reveals how gamification can strengthen team cohesion, inspire purpose, and transform ordinary teams into elite units, motivated, creative, and aligned around shared goals.

 

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  • Next Date

    December 5, 2025

  • Length

    2 weeks – (8 hours) once a week

  • Format

    In-person

  • Investment

    400€

Gamification for High-Performance Teams and Leadership
Overview

The module Gamification for High-Performance Teams and Leadership explores how game design and the psychology of motivation can transform the way teams collaborate, learn, and overcome challenges.
Here, gamification is applied to leadership and collective performance, creating environments where shared purpose, trust, and engagement become driving forces for success.

More than just a set of techniques, this module offers a new way of thinking about leadership: the leader as a game designer of meaningful human experiences, capable of crafting inspiring missions, feedback systems that support continuous improvement, and recognition rituals that strengthen team culture.

Course Content

The module “Gamification for High-Performance Teams and Leadership” offers a practical and inspiring journey into how game mechanics can be applied to team development and modern leadership.
Through a combination of theory, experiential dynamics, and strategic design exercises, participants will learn how to create work environments where engagement, trust, and continuous growth become daily habits.

With an approach that blends neuroscience, motivation psychology, and gamification frameworks, this module enables participants to identify performance blockers, enhance collaboration, and design team ecosystems that foster flow, autonomy, and shared purpose.

 

  • Leadership and Motivation in the Experience Era
  • High-Performance Gamified Structures
  • Dynamics of Cooperation and Healthy Competition
  • Gamified Leadership and Team Energy Management
  • Communication, Narrative, and Purpose
  • Measurement and Continuous Evolution
  • Hands-on: Gamified Leadership Sprint
Learning Outcomes

This module is designed to empower leaders, managers, and team professionals to apply gamification principles to foster sustainable engagement, cohesion, and performance. Through motivation frameworks, collaborative games, and practical methodologies, participants will learn how to transform ordinary teams into high-performance units—motivated by purpose, aligned by clear objectives, and driven by the energy of shared challenges.

 

  • Understand the psychological foundations of intrinsic motivation and engagement within team contexts.
  • Apply game mechanics (feedback, progression, challenges, rewards) to team development and leadership.
  • Design gamified performance systems that promote focus, cooperation, and continuous improvement.
  • Explore leadership strategies inspired by game design, positioning the leader as a creator of experiences and facilitator of growth.
  • Manage team energy and motivation during high-demand cycles, preventing burnout while maintaining collective purpose.
  • Implement recognition and celebration rituals that reinforce belonging and a culture of excellence.
  • Prototype a gamified team development model applicable to each participant’s professional context.

 

This module offers a set of practical and inspiring tools for leaders who want to take their teams to the next level—where performance and engagement go hand in hand.

Participants Profile

 

This module is designed for leaders, managers, and professionals seeking to elevate their teams’ collective performance through strategies of motivation, purpose, and sustained engagement. It is especially suited for those who want to apply gamification as a modern leadership tool capable of inspiring, uniting, and transforming teams into high-performance communities.

  • Directors, managers, and team leaders who wish to enhance motivation, cohesion, and performance among their collaborators through new leadership methodologies.

  • Project managers, Scrum Masters, and Agile coaches interested in applying gamification frameworks to strengthen focus, autonomy, and collaboration within teams.

  • Human Resources, People & Culture, and Learning & Development professionals aiming to design leadership and performance programs with measurable impact.

  • Coaches, trainers, and facilitators looking to incorporate gamification techniques into interpersonal and leadership skills development.

  • Executives and entrepreneurs leading teams in fast-growth or digital transformation contexts who want to sustain engagement during high-demand cycles.

  • Organizational culture and innovation consultants developing transformation strategies based on engagement and shared purpose.

  • Emerging leaders and career-advancing professionals aspiring to lead authentically, inspire by example, and build teams united by a common vision.

Program Coordination
Rui Cordeiro

Founder and Khan Guru – Crazy Sardine

Innovation is My Playground. For over three decades, I have been dedicated to creating playful experiences—from the world of video games to the practical application of gamification strategies across diverse contexts.

I have worked with companies such as Activision/Blizzard, Gameloft, 2K Games, and SONY Europe, where as a game designer, I also developed my knowledge on how game design can inspire motivating and effective solutions in education, team engagement, customer loyalty, and beyond in both corporate and societal environments

Over the past six years at Worten, I developed innovation frameworks and products aimed at motivating, engaging, and retaining both employees and consumers.

I am an early adopter of GenAI, having created the Generative Storytelling (GEST) framework, which leverages the latest generative AI technologies to amplify human creativity. I believe in co-creation: AI expands possibilities, generates new ideas, and personalizes immersive, impactful experiences that deeply engage audiences.

In the Postgraduate Program in Gamification, my goal is to share this vision and experience, helping each participant design transformative projects where playfulness and innovation become strategic allies for achieving memorable results.

Let’s build the future together—one epic experience at a time.

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