Business Simulation Serious Game Focus- Say No!

Hello Community!

After all these years of experience, one thing is for certain, when it comes to business simulations and serious games, you should really keep a very keen eye on the size of the simulation. Monster multi-day simulations are sort of a thing of the past. Most of the most effective customers have very tight and highly integrated business simulations within their corporate training and development or leadership development program. This includes large companies as well.

Historically, business simulation and serious games have been very large. Much of this was due to a blanket content strategy. One effect of the economic downturn has been extreme focus. This is a good thing. When you are working on either building your own business simulation or hiring an outside company to do it for you, you should really carefully watch the size. Remember, the larger the business simulation, the more resources it will take to support and facilitate the program. This includes travel costs, facilitation costs, facility costs, etc.

The main point is this: See if you can more effectively focus your business simulation or serious game around your training content and business requirements. You'll wind up saving money and people's time.

Hope this helps!