Integrating Voice of Customer and Business Simulations to Make Better Business Decisions

As an author of several blogs a week on the topics of business acumen, business leadership, and strategic business selling, I have an almost unlimited number of topics to choose from when choosing a new subject. Last week I had the opportunity to deliver a simulation-centric business acumen learning journey for a group of high potential leaders from a global technology organization. During the session, participants had the opportunity to lead their own simulated multi-billion dollar technology organization for four simulated years.

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LEGO’s Strategic Blunder: How they Failed to Own Adjacent Markets to Execute their Strategy

Over the past few weeks, the success of “The LEGO Movie” has put LEGO back into our conversations and consciousness. Critics are raving and business people are marveling at the potential impact. For example, there are many new characters introduced in the movie that will drive the sales of LEGO toy brick packages.

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One of the most interesting parts of global business travel is noticing the little things about different cities and cultures. Sometimes, those little things are really big things that are worth studying and understanding from a business acumen perspective.

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What We Learn About Corporate Break-ups from Business Simulation Workshops (Part 2)

Please click the following if you missed part one of What We Learn About Corporate Breakups from Business Simulation Workshops

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Sometimes the data is so obvious that not a lot of explanation is necessary. If you are a business leader or a talent management professional and want to understand the most current issues and trends impacting performance, stop what you're doing right now and go read the most recent Harvard Business Review article about what high performers want at work. (Then come back and finish reading this blog for some additional insight on the topic!)

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