Business Simulations in Today’s Learning Environment (Part 2 of 4) 
 
In this four-part series, Robb Gomez, COO of Paradigm Learning and Rob Brodo, CEO of Advantexe respond to interview questions about the use of business simulations in today’s changing corporate learning environment.  In part 1, Robb and Rob provided their insights on how simulations fit in the changing virtual talent development landscape. Today the team will review the essential elements of asynchronous simulations.   

Advantexe is very pleased to join with Paradigm Learning for a collection of four blog posts covering business simulations.  Robb Gomez, COO of Paradigm Learning, and Rob Brodo, CEO of Advantexe, will respond to a series of interview questions about the use of simulations in today’s changing corporate learning environment. 

Please click here to view the first in the series, How do simulations fit into our current learning and development landscape?  Part two will be back here on Advantexe's blog. 

Advantexe and Paradigm Learning are currently partnering to develop an asynchronous digital business acumen simulation, Zodiak Pro, due to launch this fall.

In a span of a couple of days I have heard the term “acumen” used in comparison with the term “skills” numerous times. The first instance was during a recent NFL football game when one of the announcers declared that Tom Brady's does not have the skills he once had, but his “football acumen” remains intact and that is what is keeping the Patriots in the game. The second instance was in the context of business leadership.  I was speaking with the leader of a business who was talking about how they missed their quarterly revenue target because their manufacturing team wasn’t able to produce and deliver all of the units the sales team had sold and this really impacted the business.  “Our Manufacturing team can compete with anyone in the world. They have the skills, but they don’t have the leadership and business acumen to align, motivate, and coach to winning performance.  It’s the difference between being good, and being great.”