Positive sum games

• Where total gains > total losses

• All participants win (in one way or another), creating a win-win scenario for all

• The combination of minds/effort increases resources for all

• Examples of positive-sum games:

  • Negotiating a promotion (employee wins more pay/title, employer gains more productivity)

• Examples of negative-sum games:

  • Status games - no one cares where you are, they only care where they are. You'll never be satisfied climbing the social ladder

• Zero-sum games: My win = Your loss

• Focus on long-term positive sum games only, and those who are interested in positive sum games

• Advantages:

  • can foster cooperation and collaboration among players, since each player has the opportunity to benefit from working with the others.

  • They can help to build trust and goodwill among players, since each player has an incentive to act in the best interests of the group.

can foster cooperation and collaboration among players, since each player has the opportunity to benefit from working with the others.

• They can lead to mutually beneficial outcomes, where each player receives some kind of payoff or reward.

• They can help to build trust and goodwill among players, since each player has an incentive to act in the best interests of the group.

Some potential disadvantages of positive sum games include the following:

• They may require players to make sacrifices or concessions in order to achieve the best possible outcome for the group.

• They may be difficult to design and implement, especially in complex or competitive environments.

• They may be vulnerable to exploitation by individual players who are willing to take advantage of the situation for their own benefit.