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V O L . X X X N O. V § 2 M A R C H 4 , 2 0 2 4 16 I N N OVAT I O N G oodGames is a Freeport- based startup that helps organizations and their teams enhance communication, creativity and problem-solving remotely. Its products feature remote and hybrid team-oriented games and game-like experiences meant to give everyone a voice during meetings and keep everyone engaged during the video call. e tools also bring a game element to training, work- shops, conferences and presentations. Daniel Stephens, the founder and CEO of GoodGames, has a long history in software development and is a tech entrepreneur. Stephens and his partner have a company called GoodFocus which is a media company, where they work with the World Bank, Red Cross and sim- ilar organizations producing media. e Red Cross used games to help team members be more efficient and effective. e games helped foster ideas and creativity, while helping the organi- zations the nonprofit works with. But, during the pandemic, when the organi- zation ran into issues trying to use these games via Zoom, Red Cross manag- ers contacted Stephens to ask for help. "ey asked us if we could take a game they were already using and make a digital version of it," says Ste- phens. "Something they could play online on a Zoom conference." Stephens created games that take what companies can do with a white- board and sticky notes in a meeting room and turn it into an online inter- active meeting where participants can share their ideas, problems, feedback and more. " The game turned out to be incredibly popular," he continued. "Not only was the Red Cross really excited about it, but then other orga- nizations came forward and wanted to use that game or asked us to make another game … e BMW Founda- tion reached out to the World Bank." Stephens said he managed to main- tain the actual property of the games and that they had built and decided to GoodGames goodfocusgames.com / Freeport Founded: 2020 Founder: Daniel Stephens What it does: GoodGames offers web-based gamified activities and tools busi- nesses and organizations use to enhance ideation, solution discovery, and employee engagement and well-being. Employees: 6–7 Adding fun and games to the workplace Daniel Stephens founder of the startup GoodGames, which helps organizations and their teams enhance communication, creativity and problem- solving remotely. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R GoodGames helps make Zoom meetings more effective B y A l e x i s W e l l s F O C U S

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