Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: The Full Podcast Series
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Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation — Podcast Series
Prefer to listen? Sample every episode here, then jump to the full posts for context, examples, and tools.
Ep 0: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation — Start Here
Ep 1: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Passive vs. Experiential Learning
Ep 2: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Integrated Learning for Better Results
Ep 3: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Designing for All Learning Styles
Ep 4: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Designing for Different Player Styles
Ep 5: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Focusing on Real Business Drivers
Ep 6: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Building Whole Business Thinking
Ep 7: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: The Case for Using Full Financials
Ep 8: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Lifelong Learning Beyond the Workshop
Ep 9: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Scalable Solutions for Growing Teams
Ep 10: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: When to Look at the Industry, Not Just the Company
Ep 11: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Why Transparency Matters in Simulations
Ep 12: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Measuring ROI That Actually Matters
Ep 13: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: AI & Learning — Balancing Tech and Human Insight
Ep 14: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Measuring Long-Term Impact
Ep 15: Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation: Wrapping Up — Key Takeaways from the Series
Bonus: Your Business Simulation Checklist (Post)
Bonus: Business Simulation DOs and DON’Ts (Post)
Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation — Podcast Series
Prefer to listen? Sample every episode below, then jump to the full posts for context, examples, and tools.
EP 0Start Here
What this series covers, how to use it, and why the right simulation changes how people make decisions.
EP 1Experiential Learning
Why hands-on decisions beat slide decks and “right-answer” paths for real business acumen.
EP 2Integrated Learning
Content + action, tightly coupled. See how integrated play boosts retention across audiences.
EP 3Big-Picture First
Start broad, then add detail—so people see cause, effect, cash, and profit clearly.
EP 4Open Decision-Making
Real choices create ownership. Ownership creates learning that sticks.
EP 5Real Business Drivers
Model the levers your people actually control—so learning transfers to work.
EP 6Whole-Business Thinking
Break silos. Teach trade-offs across functions so teams pull in the same direction.
EP 7Full Financials
Partial statements create blind spots. Show profit, cash, and balance sheet together.
EP 8Lifelong Learning
Make the workshop the start—not the end—of better decisions.
EP 9Scalable Solutions
A common language across roles, regions, and time—without losing consistency.
EP 10Industry, Not Just Company
Avoid over-fitting to one playbook. Train flexible, transferable thinking.
EP 11Transparency
Hidden rules kill trust. Transparent models teach cause and effect.
EP 12Measuring ROI
Track behavior change and decisions—not just quiz scores.
EP 13AI & Learning
Use AI to reveal patterns—keep humans in charge of judgment.
EP 14Long-Term Impact
The real win: better conversations and choices months later.
EP 15Series Wrap-Up
The principles that separate a fun workshop from lasting business acumen.
EP 16Simulation Checklist
A compact, side-by-side tool to shortlist vendors and pick the right fit.
EP 17DOs & DON’Ts Summary
A quick reference of the avoid/look-for pairs from across the series.
Choosing the Best Business Acumen Simulation — Podcast Series
This is the companion podcast to our blog series on selecting high-impact business acumen simulations. Sample episodes here, then jump into the full articles for context, examples, and tools.
Episode 0 — Start Here
Episode 1 — Passive vs. Experiential Learning
Episode 2 — Audio-Visual vs. Integrated
Episode 3 — Detail vs. Big Picture
Episode 4 — Closed vs. Open Decision-Making
Episode 5 — Real Business Drivers
Episode 6 — Silo vs. Whole-Business Thinking
Episode 7 — Full vs. Partial Financials
Episode 8 — Workshop vs. Lifelong Learning
Episode 9 — Scalable Simulations
Episode 10 — Industry vs. Company-Specific
Episode 11 — Transparency Matters
Episode 12 — Measuring Impact (ROI)
Episode 13 — AI & Human-Centered
Episode 14 — Long-Term Impact
Episode 15 — Series Wrap-Up
Episode 16 — Simulation Checklist
Read the full post → Simulation Checklist
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Episode 17 — DOs and DON’Ts (Quick Reference)
Read the full post → DOs and DON’Ts
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Need the tools? Checklist (PDF) • DOs & DON’Ts (PDF)
