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May 2026 – AI: The Force-Multiplier for Business Simulation Cheats and Scoundrels
We’re all part of a giant AI business simulation. Whoops – we meant AI business experiment… As participants in this experiment, we thought it might be helpful to describe how we are using AI in our business simulation classes and competitions here at PriSim. To go back a bit: first we had to include a…
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March 2026 – Put your tech down and get down – to business
If you’re like us at PriSim Business War Games, you’re obsessed with the latest tech. Business simulations, AI, robot vacuums – maybe even smart contact lenses. But sprinkled in with the high-tech dashboards and real-time data analytics in our business simulation classes, we also deliver some of our most powerful learning moments using the simplest…
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October 2025. An Idea From Mr. Buffett – Stop Coming Up With So Many Ideas
We know he’s retiring, but who wouldn’t want a ton more good ideas from Warren Buffett before he does…? A WSJ article explains that just one good idea every 5 years was actually more than enough for Mr. Buffett. But hold on, what was he doing the rest of the time? Creating astronomical investment returns…
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June/July 2025 – Simple Line Charts Taped to a Wall Can Make Leaders Act Like Schoolkids
Behold the power of a simple line chart drawn on white paper and taped up on the wall. With blue tape… That’s all you need to get leaders and managers in a business simulation class excited like schoolkids. During PriSim’s business simulation classes, we post simple line charts and plot the teams’ results after each…
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May/June 2025 | Fortunate are Those Who Report Way Less and Way, Way Less Often…
Let’s simplify financial reports. In fact, let’s just get rid of them, at least quarterly guidance reports. Why? Because Warren Buffett said so. An article from BCG describes today’s financial reporting efforts as focused 80% on report generation but only 20% on analysis and insight-generation. And that most financial reporting can be improved by taking…
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January 2025 | Give Us Some Space – to Work in the Space Economy
Physicists have long believed that space and the cosmos are expanding – and now the space economy is too. Projected to grow at an impressive 9% per year over the next 10 years, the space industry could achieve a value of $1.8 trillion by 2025. PriSim had posted previously about space-related SPACs, and funding has…
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October 2024 – The business experts with only 1.9 years of experience…!
Apparently, all you need is 1.9 years of real-world experience to be a living, breathing business expert. At least, that’s what PriSim’s pre-class surveys of participants in our aerospace and defense industry business simulation classes seem to indicate. Participants in one of our client’s ‘leadership development programs’ with an average of 1.9 years of real…
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September 2024 – Jet Engines – Out with the New, In with the Old…
Sometimes older is actually better than newer, even when the sky’s the limit. Such as in the aviation industry where leasing old jet engines is actually more cost effective and efficient for carriers than buying shiny new ones. The post-pandemic aviation industry was supposed to be flooded with an oversupply of aircraft, engines, and unneeded…
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May 2024 – A Recipe for Success from Traditional French Bakeries
Traditional bread bakeries are the toast of France due to some astute strategic-planning and a unique twist on a phrase often used in the real estate industry: location, location, location. In a bite-sized article in Harvard Business Review, the authors describe the surprising results of a detailed (but presumably well-fed) analysis of 19-years’ worth of…
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March 2024 – “Discovering” Talent for Your Organization
Most of PriSim’s clients identify themselves as “talent organizations”, where success hinges on the decisions and actions of their people. In these environments, sustainable competitive advantage stems from the ability to identify and retain top talent. Despite being a small business, PriSim has made a few hires over our 25+ years, and we’ve encountered our…