This is becoming a recurring theme for us, in both the academic and corporate sectors; and our experience highlights the value of using a business simulation as a tool for finance skills training. At Coles College of Business, Dr. Alison … Read More
Winners of the business simulation are awarded gold Business Acumen!
A joke I’ve made (but which sometimes gets me into trouble from which, I often try to extricate myself with the help of a Davenport attorney) is about how different departments in a company drive the company car. The Finance … Read More
The Company Board debrief at the end of a recent 2-day workshop provided clear examples of several benefits of using this tool: connection of the simulation to the client’s real world clarification of real-world issues development of Finance personnel as … Read More
A report in the June 25, 2009, London-based journal BMC Geriatrics has measured a significant difference in the memory and awareness abilities between US and UK seniors. Functionally, 75-year-old Americans performed at the level of 65-year-old Brits. This discrepancy was … Read More
In casual thought, ‘toys’ and ‘games’ sound the same – interchangeable terms for fun kids’ stuff. But in an insightful analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Spore, the 2008 video game from Will Wright (creator of Sim City and … Read More
Guest Writer: Maria Chow (Spark Asia): Asia is a high-growth region with great potentials for a training programme like Income/Outcome. It is however extremely diverse – cultural/work practices as well as languages vary from country to country. Today, I would … 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
I think we have been saying it since 1996: Finance is the language of business, and if you want to talk to other people in your company, you need to be fluent in Finance. (I used to advocate finance training … Read More
We have been busy! Lots of travel, lots of new programs. Today is catch up time on the Blog. Last week we ran the first programs of Income/Outcome Rematch! Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University has been using … Read More