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…
Celebrating Business Acumen Champions: The Golden 'Acumen' Awards In the dynamic world of business simulations, participants navigate complex scenarios,…
"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others." — Blaise Pascal The value of…
The Value of the Using the Big Picture in Business Simulations A simulation that only looks at one department can reinforce silo thinking and may…
Profit is profit... what is there to discuss? Maybe alot. It often pays to ask, "What do you mean by that?"[/caption]During business literacy trainings…
People Management and Business Acumen: Setting L&D Priorities A couple of weeks ago, I ran across a great People Management news video from this spring.…
Part of our job involves helping decision makers get a taste of experiential learning Behind the scenes at Income/Outcome I I read an adage in an…
Written during the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, this thought experiment explores how business leaders would handle a similar financial constraint. What role does business acumen play in navigating debt and financial strategy?
Can a Quick Business Simulation Teach a Core Finance Concept? Skeptics Said No. I love a good challenge. Skeptics doubted that any quick business…
Engaging Senior Leaders: Beyond Traditional Learning The July issue of Chief Learning Officer (CLO) magazine features an in-depth piece, "Beyond the…
Sometimes, conversations with clients turn to how much detail a business simulation for senior executives should have. Here are my two cents . The…
In the real world, hourly earners make decisions that impact efficiency, quality, and costing -- and they need a business game that reflects these…
Some time ago I heard a client talking, 5 years after the fact, about how her team should have won in a the Income/Outcome business simulation. It got me…
Transparency in Business Simulations: Why It Matters for Gen Y Learners In this clip, an Income/Outcome business simulation game helps savvy Gen Ys…
[caption id="attachment_1063" align="alignright" width="200"] In this Gotchas Series , I’m writing about the top 12 ways a business acumen simulation can…
An open-ended business simulation is the most realistic, so it is the most important to model.[ Business Acumen Gotchas: Closed Decision-Making As I…
Choose Training That Works—And Avoid the Headaches Choose the right business acumen training, and you’re the hero. Choose training that doesn’t work, and…
Business Visualization: Seeing Numbers Without Counting Business visualization taps into our ability to "see" numbers without counting. The simplest…
An Open Letter to MBA and EMBA Faculty and Administrators Your students make a significant financial investment to attend your program. But even more…
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…
