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# Playing MMOs can help you in the workplace. Yes, I know, but it’s true
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/playing-mmos-can-help-you-workplace-yes-i-know-its-true/
- Published: 2012-09-28T15:30:10.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:52:19.000Z
- Description: A collaboration between the Newcastle Univeristy Business School and the University of Crete yields the results that thousands of basement-dwelling, Cheeto-mainlining deadbeats have been waiting for: playing MMOs can teach workplace leadership skills. As the working world demands international colla
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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A collaboration between the Newcastle Univeristy Business School and the University of Crete yields the results that thousands of basement-dwelling, Cheeto-mainlining deadbeats have been waiting for: [playing MMOs can teach workplace leadership skills](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-savvas-papagiannidis/gaming-workplace-gamers-get-ahead-in-the-w%5Fb%5F1912493.html?utm%5Fhp%5Fref=uk&ref=killscreen.com).

> As the working world demands international collaboration across continents within online environments like emails, webinars and e-conferences, we are more virtual than ever before. Through this increase in interactive business activity via the evolving information systems available, and our research findings, I believe that virtual worlds could be a viable training method used by corporations to aid staff development, and hone good leadership skills.