A number of commentators have proposed adapting elements derived from game mechanics to workplaces, to motivate employees via techniques that, the argument goes, have proven successful in a videogame context, and thus may have wider motivational applications. This general strategy has become...

Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative, stating (in one formulation) that one ought to always act according to a maxim that can be made universal law, is tempting to proceduralize, in the form of a game that literally turns actions into universal laws. This paper explores difficulties that...

WHEN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES gathered in September in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the effectiveness of the $100-billion-a-year international aid business, one topic permeated nearly all the discussions: capacity development. This article looks at the changing approach to capacity development in...