Video game leadership

Joi Ito learns something about good leadership by playing the World of Warcraft game:

I think that the ever-evolving user interface and communication tools that we are developing might impact the future of management in the real world. My feeling is that what we are doing in WoW represents in many ways the future of real time collaborative teams and leadership in an increasingly ad hoc, always-on, diversity intense and real-time environment.

The race is on: Who will be first to offer management training based on playing WoW :o)

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