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In his best-selling book, The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek defines Infinite Games as having: 🔄 Changing Rules: Rules can evolve during the game. 🕵️♂️ Known and Unknown Players: New players can join, and some may leave at any time. ⏳ No Clear Endpoint: The game goes on indefinitely with no fixed end. 🎯 Objective: The primary aim is to perpetuate the game, not to win. These principles have intriguing parallels with Police Use of Force. ▪ Changing Rules Officers must make rapid tactical decisions. Do the Priorities of Life imply they intervene immediately or contain the situation to buy time? Officers must consider changing the course of action should the situation or the “Rules” change and adapt not only their response but also the timeliness of it. A cooperative arrest can quickly escalate to a deadly force encounter, requiring officers to adjust their proportionality of force accordingly. ▪ Known and Unknown Players Police often respond to ambiguous situations. They must assess threats rapidly while being ready for “New Players”—suspects, bystanders, or other officers—who can impact the situation positively, negatively, or neutrally. ▪ No Clear Endpoint Does the use of force end when the cuffs are on? What about treating injuries, or if resistance continues beyond cuffing? If the “Rules” can change and “New Players” can enter, then the “Endpoint” is not only unique to every situation, but is also fluid and can change at any time. ▪ Objective “The goal of police use of force is to ensure public safety…” An unachievable goal in The Infinite Game is called a "Just Cause" - an appealing and inspiring vision for the future that motivates people to pursue it, even if it may never be fully realized. When is public safety actually ensured? Perhaps that is when police will no longer need to use force. Are you an instructor in this field? How do you promote tactical decision-making and the right mindset for this complex and dynamic topic? #Leadership #InfiniteGame #LawEnforcement #PublicSafety #TacticalDecisionMaking

People no longer trust each other. Why is that and how can we fix it? #NowYouKnow 5/52 How does "game theory" sound to you? Childish, right? Well even if the branding isn't very good, this is a common concept encountered in economics, in the business world, and even in everyday life. Today, we only focus on one concept from game theory: The Prisoner's Dilemma. The theory is quite simple. Let's say a small-scale robbery occurred, and there are 2 suspects: Jack and Jim. The police believe that the crime was more serious but they don't have enough evidence, so they need the testimony of one of the suspects. The culprits are interrogated in separate rooms, and neither of them knows what was discussed with the other. The officer proposes the following deal to each one: If one testifies against the other, then he is released, and the other receives 5 years in prison. (5 years in total) If neither confesses, both receive 1 year each. (2 years in total) And if both confess against each other, each one receives 3 years in prison. (6 years in total) If Jack and Jim were familiar with the prisoner's dilemma, they would know that the best solution is to cooperate, that is, to remain silent. This way the team would spend only 2 years in prison versus 5 or 6 years in the other situations. Unfortunately, this concept is counterintuitive for those unfamiliar with it. That's why it's called a "dilemma." Because people will always put themselves first, choosing to betray to save themselves. However, in the end, both will suffer. This may seem like a relatively simple and strictly theoretical concept, but in reality, it applies in any situation where: - There are 2 "players" - Both players can cooperate or betray - Neither knows what choice the other will make For example: In military conflicts. There are two countries. Both can decide to cooperate or betray in a war. Neither can be sure what the other will do. In nature. Plants provide nectar, and in return, insects pollinate them. As long as the two species cooperate, things go well. If one decides to betray, both suffer. Among business competitors. If Coca-Cola lowers prices to gain more market share, then Pepsi will do the same to avoid falling behind. But in the end, both companies will have reduced profits. Now, imagine how it is when you have multiple prisoner's dilemmas, one after another. But we can discuss that another time :) P.S.: If you want to test the prisoner's dilemma yourself, below there is a free online game that perfectly exemplifies it, with all its variations. If want to have a gig during your coffee break, check it out. https://ncase.me/trust/ Good luck in cooperating, Vlad

“We can design rules that make criminals confess, and we can create incentives that will make people want to do things they wouldn’t want to do normally.” — Kellogg's Ehud Kalai. The prisoner’s dilemma, a famous game-theory thought experiment, demonstrates how the right set of incentives can induce a criminal to confess and testify against an accomplice. A new paper from Kalai extends the logic of the prisoner’s dilemma to RICO prosecutions, which involve a larger number of coconspirators. In such more-complex games, as in other social interactions, one can construct rules that incentivize a more-desirable social behavior. Read more in "What Game Theory Can Teach Us about RICO Prosecutions" at Kellogg Insight.

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Prisoner's Dilemma of Pricing: A Practical Lesson in Game Theory and Pricing Strategies! 📱💼 I'm excited to share a web-based mini-game I've developed that demonstrates the concept of Nash equilibrium in single period pricing strategy, this game challenges you to outsmart your competitors in the marketplace. 🔍 Game Description: You are the CEO of a mobile phone company competing in the market. Your task is to set the price for your phone without knowing the price set by your competitor. The game guides you through potential outcomes based on different pricing strategies. 💡 Understanding Nash Equilibrium: In game theory, a Nash equilibrium occurs when each player in the game makes the best possible decision for themselves, considering the decisions of the other players. Can you identify the Nash equilibrium and determine the best pricing strategy in the Ultra-Phone game? Share your thoughts and strategies in the comments below after playing the game. I'm excited to hear about your experiences and insights! This game is based on the example provided in "Game Theory Models of Pricing" by Praveen K. Kopalle and Robert A. Shumsky, from The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management, edited by Özalp Özer and Robert Phillips, 2012. 🔗 Try the Ultra-Phone Game and see how your strategic decisions impact your company's success! #GameTheory #PricingStrategy #NashEquilibrium #Economics #WebDevelopment #BusinessStrategy

How to create an ideology that will go on forever??? Operate a very high trust internal society. Make the bar very high to join the society, but do allow outsiders in who jump the bar. Do offer information to join but never try to convert Operate a Tit for Tat system with outsiders, trade first always, but if attacked be brutal in retaliation. Play the game and see:):)

I'm taking my site live today! Thinking Fallacy is a site that will talk about the gaming industry unbiasedly. The first article discusses the need for new original storytelling and the dangers of relying on remakes/remasters. I am also breaking down the stories in video games and showing what works well and what does not from a literature standpoint. It doesn't look like much for now but will grow fast! https://lnkd.in/eniyYxq7

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“Football is to recognise and anticipate on patterns. You see all kinds of patterns when you’re little…and you anticipate on the patterns…” Ruud Gullit 1. He’s seen it over and over (paying attention to the detail in his playing environment) 2. He’s made sense of what he’s seen and remembered it (thought about it to make meaning of it and processed it in both a visual and semantic way) 3. He can then make quicker and more effective decisions in games based upon what he sees in the moment (knowledge-in the game) with relation to what he’s seen and what he’s made sense of in the past (knowledge-of the game) Mastery of anticipation and decision-making… This requires… 1. Coach session design setting problems for players to detect and to solve 2. Coach behaviours that orient players’ attention to the problems to help them think about, work on, solve, and remember in-game problems 3. Player participation - attention, involvement, reflection-in-action, post session reflection-in-action to consolidate memories It’s a coach-player responsibility…