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CTL: How Will You Handle Tariffs

Explore how tariffs affect your pricing, margin, and customer relationships with this interactive Tariff Response Simulator. Test trade-offs and see how different management and customer types react to your decisions.

If Tariffs Are Impacting Your Business, Your Business Acumen Solution Needs to Change

If tariffs are delaying projects, raising costs, or complicating pricing, your business acumen training should reflect it. Here’s how to bring it into the room.

The Impact of Tariffs: Cash Flow (Part 2 of 3)

Tariffs create more than cost increases—they tie up cash, delay payments, and increase financial risk. Learn how to surface these pressures in the classroom or simulation.

The Impact of Tariffs: Raw Materials (Part 1 of 3)

When tariffs hit raw materials, pricing, sourcing, and supplier strategies shift fast. Explore how Income|Outcome workshops help teams make smarter decisions under real-world trade pressure.

Visual Finance Comparison: Apple and Microsoft

Apple and Microsoft manage cash flow differently—a visual, side-by-side look at two tech giants through the lens of Visual Finance.

CTL: Using Visual Finance to Compare Companies

Go beyond the numbers. Compare two companies using Visual Finance and see how differences in cost structure, asset use, and profitability drive business results.

Blind Spots in Leadership: How Strengths Become Risks

When star performers and leaders have blind spots, the impact can be serious. Explore how IO for Leaders helps senior teams recognize and address blind spots that affect judgment, strategy, and cross-functional trust.

Blind Spots in Business: Why Misguided Perceptions Hurt Performance

Employee misconceptions about business performance can impact decisions, morale, and collaboration. Learn how business acumen training helps leaders address these blind spots and drive better outcomes.​

Decisionscapes: Your Choices Impact the Decision-Making of Others

Explore the idea of decisionscapes—how every business decision reshapes the terrain for yours and others decisions, and why awareness is key to smarter, cross-functional choices.

EBIT vs. EBITDA: Which Tells the Better Story?

EBIT and EBITDA are both used to measure operating performance—but they aren’t the same. Learn the difference, when to use each, and what they really tell you about a business.

CTL: The EBITDA Storytelling Challenge

Two companies. Same EBITDA. Different story. This analysis breaks down what’s hidden beneath the surface—and what it means for capital intensity and future risk.

CTL: Working Capital

Estimate the cash impact of improving your company’s receivables, inventory, and payables. This short exercise helps you understand working capital and identify quick wins.

Cost Structure: Direct, Indirect, and the Space Between

Learn how to distinguish direct and indirect costs—and why business decisions depend on getting it right. Includes examples and a practical framework.

CTL: Apply Direct & Indirect Costs to Your Business

Apply what you learned in the Income|Outcome business simulation workshop. Identify, classify, and assess costs in your business using this simple 4-step exercise.

Developing Corporate Finance Skills in Non-Financial Managers

How to Pitch Employee Engagement to the CFO

Business Acumen: Disruptive Technologies and Innovations

Disruption isn’t just about technology—it’s about business acumen. Companies that understand financial realities, decision-making, and operational execution don’t just survive disruption—they lead it. Here’s why strong business fundamentals are the real competitive advantage.

Memorization vs. Experiencing the Big Picture: What Sticks?

Memorization fades—real understanding lasts. A study on cognitive ability suggests conceptual learning leads to better long-term retention. The same applies to business acumen training—here’s why experiential learning beats rote memorization.

Semi-Variable Costs: When Costs Don’t Fit Neatly

Not all costs are purely fixed or variable—some have elements of both. Learn about semi-variable costs, including stepwise (Type A) and base-plus-variable (Type B) costs, and why they matter for budgeting, pricing, and financial planning.

How to Choose a Business Simulation – Part 2: Inside or Outside the Box?

Business simulations fall into two categories: structured, predefined models or open-ended, strategic decision-making experiences. AI adds another layer to the debate—but does it help or hinder business acumen? Here’s why transparency and decision ownership matter.

How to Choose a Business Simulation – Part 1: Computer or Board-game?

When choosing a business simulation, should you go board game or computer-based? Each has pros and cons—but the best approach is big-picture clarity first, then deeper modeling. Here’s how to make the right choice—and where our online version fits.

20 Ways to Improve Your Business with Income|Outcome

CTL: Return On Sales

Apply Return on Sales (ROS) to your own business with this hands-on exercise. Compare your performance, analyze key drivers, and set improvement goals using real-world data.

Return on Sales (ROS): How to Measure and Improve Profitability

Learn how Return on Sales (ROS) measures your company's profitability and efficiency. Understand the Triangle of Ratios and how ROS connects to Asset Turnover and Return on Assets (ROA) for a complete financial picture.

Visual Finance shows Google's acquisitions