Learning in public - infinite games

Today’s #learninginpublic article is about a concept I discovered in a TED interview with Simon Sinek in 2021.

A finite game is a game with a beginning and an end, with very defined rules, and when the game ends, the player moves on. All sports, video games, and board games are finite games.

An infinite game is a game that never ends, where rules change, where the game never ends, and players change. The object of an infinite game is to perpetuate the game.

An infinite game is endless.

  • Life is an infinite game.
  • Business is an infinite game.

Life is an infinite game.

Playing infinite games as if they were finite harms trust, collaboration, and innovation.

Link to the full article

comments powered by Disqus