The Visual Thesaurus is different from our Visual Glossary, but today it provides the derivation of a relevant word-of-the-day In the Bag Word of the Day:…
Robin Helweg-Larsen, President, Andromeda Training A Joke About How Departments Drive the Company Car A joke I’ve made is about how different…
“The world is too much with us,” says Wordsworth; “late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.” In a series of articles, ‘ Your Brain…
Last night we had our regular game night, and it was an opportunity for friends and colleagues to try the Entrepreneurial Challenge simulation ( Better…
We recently received this email from Rami Joseph at Yissum, and we think it is shareable! Hi all, I would like to share with you all, a wonderful…
Bringing Business Simulations to Life at Kent State Ashtabula For the past few years, Professor Joe Kuvshinikov has been using the Income|Outcome business…
Don Schmincke and Calyx Harris battle in Shelob's Lair.... I like to play board games, and I am glad we have finally started to have a monthly game night…
“The Evolution of Childhood” by Melvin Konner (960 pages from Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, publication date May 31, 2010) compiles thirty…
The usefulness of the Company Board is that it presents financial information in a visual manner. For people who do not enjoy looking at long columns of…
Engaging participants in finance training can be challenging, especially when many come with apprehensions about financial concepts. However, our recent…
One of the best parts of NASAGA is the opportunity to play board/card games for entertainment rather than learning. This year I owe thanks to Scott (…
Last week we were at the NASAGA conference in Washington DC, which is devoted to Simulations and Gaming (and not always in a learning and training…
I recently stumbled across a discussion of the Xerox purchase of ACS. Most reviews of the acquisition are critics. I have created Company Boards for both…
Excerpt from EMBA NEWS : The Power of Income/Outcome Simulations The following is an excerpt from the current EMBA NEWS —the quarterly online newsmagazine…
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…
The Company Board debrief at the end of a recent 2-day workshop provided clear examples of several benefits of using this tool: Connection of the…
In casual thought, ‘toys’ and ‘games’ sound the same – interchangeable terms for fun kids’ stuff. But in an insightful analysis of the strengths and…
Over the next few days I will be posting a series of videos that look at why other people like our state-of-the-art board game business simulations. But…
Maria Chow is the Founder of Spark Asia Guest Writer: Maria Chow (Spark Asia): Marketing the Income/Outcome business simulations in Southeast Asia…
The Company Board™ is a graphical presentation of the financial results of a company. Individual line items in the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are…
Information is only useful when contextualized. The last post included the Company Board for Apple’s 2008 year end financial result; you can look at the…
Information is only useful when contextualized. The Company Board provides a context for studying financial details. Apple’s fiscal year closed at the…
The Cranfield School of Management in the UK concludes in a recent report that staff training saved money, improved staff motivation and increased…
One of the tasks keeping us busy this year has been publishing the Contextuary in a print format . We are also in development with a new online version of…
I think we’ve been saying it since 1996 : Finance is the language of business , and if you want to communicate effectively with others in your company,…
