Mahesh Joshi: A Client’s Request

The Gamification Quest

A client asked Mahesh Joshi if he could gamify a one-day seminar to generate greater interest in the material. The resultant product is a card game—BiggieBills—is a patented, interactive, and dynamic strategic thinking game. In this episode, Mahesh and Monica walk through the process from the first request to the implementation of the gamified program and iterations along the way.

About our guest:

Mahesh P. Joshi is an academic, an entrepreneur, and a consultant. He was the founding Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business, George Mason University. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship, the School of Business, George Mason University.

He is also the President of Joshi International, Inc., a consulting firm that provides strategic and entrepreneurial advice to clients. As an entrepreneur, he launched his first business in 1994, and since then has been involved in more than 10 startups. Recently he has launched a new venture with a vision to improve strategic thinking across corporations through the creation of a patented and interactive digital strategic thinking system through gamification (https://biggiebills.com/).