In the old days at a tire manufacturing site of a company that shall remain nameless , workers on the production line had a row of lights over their…
In casual thought, ‘toys’ and ‘games’ sound the same – interchangeable terms for fun kids’ stuff. But in an insightful analysis of the strengths and…
Ophir Gal, Business Development Manager at Aviv-Yissum I would like to focus on the nature of the Israeli people and their business managers. You may…
In 2001 Eliza and I went to Kitwe in the Copper Belt area of Zambia, to run Income/Outcome workshops for Chambishi Metals and to license them to do their…
Recently I wrote about using the Entrepreneurial Challenge business simulation to overcome Fear of Finance. We also surveyed EMBA students at Vanderbit…
Experiential learning has long been recognized as a powerful method for deepening understanding and retention. As Confucius wisely stated: "I hear and I…
As part of helping people visualize how they impact the business they work in, our Income/Outcome simulations all use little wooden figures to represent a…
In this series, I'm using the Financial Times' definition of business acumen as: "Keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business…
I’m a business owner. I value stability , but I also value improvements . I value low taxes , but I also value a well-educated populace and…
Non-Profits Need Business Acumen Sometimes, people working for non-profits or not-for-profit organizations are unfamiliar with basic business concepts.…
From our company's earliest beginnings in British Columbia in 1989, through our incorporation of Andromeda Training in North Carolina in 1993 and our…
Technological innovation has always reshaped industries, and one of the most disruptive shifts on the horizon is the rise of driverless cars. The…