... individuals who are separated by time zones and cultures," which, in the view of the authors, is not so different from the skills needed to do well in playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs): "We believe that online gaming ... online game environments facilitate leadership and speed up the process of developing leaders," and 49% of respondents to their survey claimed that "game-playing has improved their real-world leadership capabilities," the authors were not ... When I sat down on the train tp read Leadership in a Distributed World - Lessons from Online Gaming, a paper from ...

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