Episode 050: The Whiznook Story with CEO Anastasia Neddersen

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The idea with Whiznook and the gamification was really how do you bridge those two? How do you create an environment that's socially fun and easy and equal?”, shares Anastasia Neddersen, CEO of Whiznook, a company that created a way to gamify team development through data-driven immersive online games. She joins Mike Horne in conversation to talk about how Whiznook helps businesses strengthen their teams.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whiznook was born out of a desire to combine socialization and team building exercises with the type of data available through surveys and productivity reports. By using these online games, employers get an opportunity to see their teams work together in real time and analyze their actions. This can help pinpoint where there might be issues within a team such as a breakdown in communication or noticing that certain team members are being left out more than others. Whiznook’s current interactive games function similarly to an escape room, providing clues and puzzles that are distributed to different players requiring the team to communicate effectively for a successful outcome. Since these games are online they are a particularly useful tool for remote teams to recognize and resolve problems and strengthen their teamwork skills. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tune into this week’s episode of the Authentic Change Podcast to learn more about Whiznook and how gamification can help with team development.</span></p> <p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The idea with Whiznook and the gamification was really how do you bridge those two? How do you create an environment that's socially fun and easy and equal?” (11:14-11:24 | Anastasia)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What's even more interesting is that we've had many teams go through our gamified activity tool, and we see that resiliency score is a really strong indicator in of how the team is. And yes, we put