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Meeting Tokens, for creating time scarcity
Merlin Mann | Oct 19 2007
My pal, Mike Monteiro, is making good on his idea to try giving his team Meeting Tokens. Previously mentioned in this post about re-creating scarcity and, in more detail, in my IDEO talk. Can't wait to hear how it goes. I love me some scarcity. Update, 2007-10-19 10:18 PT: Mike says he's going to produce these as handsome wooden tokens that will soon be available for sale in sets on the Mule Feed Store. Update 2007-10-20 14:52 PT: Mike adds "The Red Merlin" to the mix.
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We'll just have to seeSubmitted by Merlin on October 22, 2007 - 7:36am.
I think Mike would be the first to say that this is a Crazy Experiment. But I'll tell you what I really like about it.
Building good habits? Maybe / maybe not. But when you charge a nickel for the hotel ice machine, the number of ice fights kids have plummets. Does it solve the problem of ice fights? Nope. But it does get kids out of the habit of thinking a) hallways are for ice fights, and b) ice machines will happily afford their abuse by providing an endless free supply of ammo. Anyhow, I've asked Mike to write up his experience with meeting tokens for the site, so I encourage everyone to keep an eye out. Should be pretty interesting. » POSTED IN:
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