Finding Silver Linings in Global Catastrophes
A client recently participated in a business simulation that included a global pandemic scenario, and the ideas generated were innovative and surprising. Read More
How to Pitch Employee Engagement to the CFO
Employee engagement is critical for any enterprise, especially in a booming economy with record low unemployment. Everyone intuitively understands how important it is, but how do you make a strong business case for a specific plan with clear financial outcomes? … Read More
Edible Games!
Learning should be fun. Games are fun! That’s why games are good for learning, and why Andromeda uses business simulation games to achieve the best learning results. (Best = fun, realistic, useful, rapid, thorough, memorable learning.) Now from Australia comes … Read More
A Playground for Thought Leaders, “Open Future”
The Economist magazine has just produced a wonderful playground for thought leaders, called “Open Future”. The Economist has always championed free trade, and that has led naturally to championing freedom in many forms. As they write: “One of the world’s … Read More
Karl Marx, thought leader with no business understanding
Karl Marx, whose 200th birthday is on May 5th, was a thought leader with no business understanding or major in marketing. He had the temperament of a theological intellectual – the kind who starts with some nonsensical premise and then … Read More
Learning Styles and Visualization
People have different learning styles. Not everyone thinks visually, although most people do. This is important for game developers like Andromeda Simulations to remember, because we specialize in the visual display of information. But we also have to pay attention … Read More
A Book Review of Galbraith’s ‘A Short History of Financial Euphoria’
Galbraith’s analysis of financial euphoria is a sound, witty overview of the common factors to be found in financial collapses from the Tulipomania of 17th century Netherlands to ‘Black Monday’ in October 1987. Events subsequent to the publication of this … Read More
Overcoming the Peter Principle with Business Simulations
Written by Nikolai from Income|Outcome Developing strong business acumen and financial literacy in leadership candidates can be a challenge for any business. Identifying when those candidates are ready to be promoted to the next level is even harder. When talent … Read More
Teaching a Business Literacy Workshop to Entrepreneurs in the Bahamas
Andromeda Simulations International teaches business literacy workshop for free! We recently partnered with the Centre for Training and Innovation to run a business literacy workshop on Eleuthera. And this Income|Outcome workshop was provided pro bono, because the founders of Andromeda … Read More
Hacking Fredkin’s Paradox in Business
Hacking Fredkin’s Paradox in Business Written by Nikolai from Income|Outcome “…a man, being just as hungry as thirsty, and placed in between food and drink, must necessarily remain where he is and starve to death.” –Aristotle, On the Heavens … Read More