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
This week’s edition of The Economist has an interesting review of three books on infographics (“Winds of change”). Beginning with a mention of William Playfair, the Scottish engineer who created the bar chart, pie chart and line graph, the article … 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
Two weeks ago Andromeda Training was a corporate attendee in Paris at the annual conference of the Executive MBA Council. I’m illustrating it with the logo from the conference a couple of years ago, because I think that better captures the … Read More
Business acumen is “keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business situation.” Companies want to develop these traits, especially in their senior managers – but also in the workforce at large. Most companies would like a corporate culture that nurtures … Read More
A good workshop on business finance or business acumen helps participants develop a better understanding of financial statements – their structure, their interconnections, their uses and their limitations. This in turn creates better flows of information, better decision-making, and better … 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
We use visualization methodology in the simulation and the new app… so we are always looking for other visual displays of information. There are lots of great visualization techniques being used today, and I would like to share one of … 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