We are slowly changing over from the old logo (left) to a new one (right). You can see certain similarities – the blue/green which are prominent in our game boards and our pieces, the I and O with a slash … Read More
The Company Board® is a graphical presentation of the financial results of a company. Individual line items in the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are represented by colored stacks, with the scale shown in the center. For example, here is … Read More
There’s a question I hear occasionally about the use of Income/Outcome for teaching fundamental business concepts: “But would it work in other countries?” That’s like asking if the Periodic Table of elements applies on other planets. The answer is Yes. … Read More
Hewlett-Packard is in the news at the moment over a reassessment of the value of UK-based Autonomy which it bought last year. Autonomy is a world leader in “meaning-based computing”, the analysis and use of all the unstructured information that … Read More
We have started working with the Acumen Fund, based in New York, who provide developmental training and opportunities in a variety of countries. Let me point you to their blog for a chatty overview of their activities… and to give … Read More
As part of helping people visualize how they impact the business they work in, our Income/Outcome simulations all use little wooden figures to represent a company’s various job functions. Some stand on the Balance Sheet, for example if their labor … Read More
The usefulness of the Company Board is that it presents financial information in a visual manner. For people who do not enjoy looking at long columns of small numbers, this may make the information more accessible. It can also clarify … Read More
The following is an excerpt from the current ‘EMBA NEWS’ – the quarterly online newsmagazine of The Executive MBA Council: Through the workshops of Executive MBA Council corporate member Andromeda Training, Inc. and its Income/Outcome Business Simulations, graduate business students … Read More
The Company Board™ is a graphical presentation of the financial results of a company. Individual line items in the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are represented by colored stacks, with the scale shown at the bottom left Income Statement The … Read More
Information is only useful when contextualized. The last post included the Company Board for Apple’s 2008 year end financial result; you can look at the income statement in the context of the balance sheet; and you can look at the … Read More