I just can't see a problem with making things more fun if possible. My daughter has a sales and marketing job and they use a form of gamification. It is very effective. She often wins rewards for the highest sales on her team. It works for her and it is fun. What's wrong with that?
When I was a high school student, before we even had video games, I made a game out of getting good grades. The highest score in the class was reward enough for me. Recently, I wanted to lose five pounds and my son told me about the Lose It ap. It was listed on a gamification blog. It worked for me, it made losing weight more fun and it was certainly healthy. I know my son likes to increase the number of strides on our elliptical. He makes a game out of that. I am happy that he has learned to do this because he also uses a type of mental gamification to help him increase his daily hours in a painful brace. We think of little rewards for ourselves when we reach our goals.
