business games

Managing a value chain successfully requires that all parties involved agree on the direction of the team. Once that agreement is in place, it becomes a lot easier to derive departmental decisions from it, and teamwork becomes easier. If decisions are aligned and focused on meeting a mutually agreed goal, then the chance of success grows exponentially.

Because of silo behavior professionals fight fires in order to solve their own departmental issues. However, their solution possibly creates a problem elsewhere, because they lack an end to end (E2E) overview. In a simulated business environment, one can instantly see outcomes of decisions taken. Not only for oneself, but also for others. That insight leads to taking a step back before one acts, and ultimately to fire prevention and playing on the team.

In training sessions with our business games, participants practice in multiple learning cycles. In between these cycles the outcomes of their actions are debriefed: cause and effect relations become clear, and preconceived assumptions can be challenged. As part of the learning goals each cycle can be richer in content. More complex topics can be split up into smaller parts, so learners get a chance to absorb and digest.

A couple of learning cycles with our business simulation games represent a larger amount of time in real life. In a time span of hours a lot of ground can be covered as if months and years go by. That helps to create a steep learning curve for participants. Cycle after cycle you deal with more complexity, whilst at the same time you improve collaboration and results.

Learning goals, intended audience and available time are important inputs for any training session. Our business games are set up in a way that we can configure available content, complexity and program length practically on demand.

We can accommodate practically any group size with our learning programs. We can easily scale our deliveries, since all people need is internet access to our business games. Dependent on the type of training delivery, face to face or online, we can easily add on facilitators on-site or expand our webinar capacity.

You can access all our business games as well as supporting digital materials on our own cloud platform. Training delivery and facilitation can either be done face to face or completely online. In case of the latter there is a broad array of webinar tools at your disposal. Participants can join from virtually anywhere as long as they have an internet connection.

Especially for complex topics like supply chain management, working capital management and circular business strategies, actively implementing theory is a very important part of the learning process. That’s why our simulation games offer an experiential learning experience. This allows your students to learn hands-on while reflecting on their approach. The problem solving skills our participants develop during our simulations will lead to lasting learning experiences.

In our business games, the required study materials are preselected, but can be fully customized to fit the learning objectives of each individual teacher. From the draft course syllabus to practice exams, everything will be provided for you so you can shape your course efficiently.

More than any other type of learning process, this game-based learning experience will engage your students with the course material. Our business games allow your students to interact with the theory in a realistic and practical environment, leaving them enthusiastic about the subject matter and the course as a whole.

Instead of waiting for weeks or months, interactive computerized dashboards provide you with instant feedback. During and after each round of the game, participants are able to analyze the consequences of their decisions. The instant feedback helps every student understand whether their chosen strategies are successful.

Our business games consist of multiple rounds that provide you with multiple learning cycles. Every participant has the opportunity to deal with complex issues in smaller steps - a preferable learning strategy compared to one big exam or final assignment.

Everyone learns at different speeds. Universities focus on a standardized pace, therefore fast learners may get bored while slow learners are at risk of lagging behind. By offering study materials in smaller batches in an online interactive environment, every participant of our business games can study at their own pace.

As our business games can be played online, there is no need to travel to meet in person. This is very convenient when you’re dealing with long distances between participants, busy schedules, or working from home.

While playing the game, the difficulty can be adjusted to increase or decrease complexities. As an educator, you are able to customize your chosen game to maximize the learning experience of every participant.