For manufacturing, services, retail, projects, innovation, HR, Marketing, Finance...

Interfunctional co-ordination in a competitive environment

In Decision Base participants take over the running of a capital-intesive company competing for customers in a highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace. Participants take on the key roles in the business (finance, marketing, production and corporate intelligence) and aim to create a strategy which delivers shareholder value in the long term whilst dealing with constantly changing short term issues, such as cash flow. Ideal for 8 to 24 participants over 2 to 3 days. Click here for more information.

Business finance for everyone

Apples & Oranges brings business finance to life as participants work in teams to take over the management of a company. They are invited to think and act like business owners so that they can base their future decisions on sound business ideas. Variants of the simulation for manufacturing, retail and service sectors enable participants to understand the drivers in their business - and identify and transfer learning back to the workplace. Ideal for 8 to 24 participants, over 1 to 2 days. Click here for more information on Apples & Oranges generally, or manufacturing, service or retail versions.

Staying ahead in a changing world

In Enterprise participants manage a service business in a highly competitive marketplace, and target customer segments against stiff competition. The teams embark on an adventure with promises of risks and rewards where they have to be on their toes and think strategically in order to succeed. Financial performance, product development and mainenance, capacity utilisation and planning are integral parts of this simulation. Ideal for 12 to 24 people over 2 to 3 days. Click here for more information on the Enterprise business simulation.

Securing project success

Most projects fail to achieve the benefits claimed at inception. In Cayenne, participants work in teams to diagnose the key events in the project's lifespan and focus resources and attention on what they see as the critical points, in order to deliver on time, to budget, and to add value. Ideal for 6 to 24 people over 1 to 2 days. Click here for more information on the Cayenne business simulation.

Creating conditions for breakthrough innovation

In The Medici Game participants take a fascinating journey to the Intersection - a place where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and combine, igniting an explosion of extraordinary new innovations. Teams explore breakthough innovation and the conditions to foster creativity in larger organisations. Ideal for 12 or more people. Click here for more information on The Medici Game - based on the best-selling book.

Differentiate or die: marketing and positioning

In Livon teams of participants run a retail business in a competitive local market place against other major retail chains. The teams need to develop a strategy and target their preferred customer segments by understanding their buying behaviours and developing an apprpriate marketing mix. Ideal ro 9 to 16 people over 1 to 2 days. Click here for more information on the Livon business simulation.

Managing intangible assets

The intangible assets of a company - the people, brand and client relationships - often create more value than the physical assets, particularly in service and knowledge based businesses. Tango enables teams of participants to attempt to manage an organisation's intangible assets in a way that adds to shareholder value - whilst being constantly exposed to competitive markets for customers and for people. Ideal for 12 to 24 people over 2 to 3 days. Click here for more information on the Tango business simulation.