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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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February 2024: Data Rich – but Collaboration Poor…?
Big Data has had its share of big news days, even becoming the coolest class at some California high schools. And as California goes, so goes the nation. Maybe, but with one caveat that might deter some would-be big-number crunchers: it turns out that data scientists actually have to talk to other people and even…
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January 2024 – Words of Wisdom…in a Glossary
While not as scholarly and elegant as a dictionary, one should never gloss over the importance of a glossary. Especially in a business simulation class. Accounting is often referred to as the language of business. But if that’s the case, then many industries seem to be speaking their own dialects. And often have a vocabulary…
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September 2023 – New-Customer SOS (Shiny Object Syndrome)
McKinsey & Company has revealed a top-secret competitive advantage for incumbent companies: their existing customers. Customer retention is almost always less expensive than customer acquisition. And the data supporting that common knowledge is striking: McKinsey found that the most effective growth companies produce 80% of their value “from their core business – principally, unlocking new…
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July 2023 – Leadership That’s Legit
Companies give CEOs an enormous amount of authority to lead the people in their organizations. But authority is a blunt instrument and new CEOs and business leaders should ‘resist authority’ from becoming their main leadership tool. And while competence provides a leader with greater influence than simply authority, an article in Harvard Business Review finds…
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June 2023 – Every Kid (and Simulation Team) Wants Their Own Room
Everyone likes having their own room – but what if the simulation teams in your class have to share? A typical business simulation class has 2 main elements – a group lecture/discussion segment and a simulation segment with the competing teams. A key decision point in your planning is whether you’ll conduct both segments in…
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May 2023 – Ensuring Time to Network
Pre-COVID I placed great emphasis on keeping things moving during a business simulation exercise. I tried to minimize “down-time” knowing how valuable everyone’s time was. Post-COVID I am sensing that participants enjoy this down-time a bit more and tend to make use of it to further network with classmates.
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March 2023 – We Are The (Executive) Champions of the World. And of your Business Simulation Class.
With all due respect to the band Queen – we are not ‘the champions of the world’ in which our business simulation classes run. Instead, we need an actual Executive Champion to keep on fighting ‘til the end. And through their participation and influence, to help support our classes. Executive support is valuable for anything…