BackBayBattery Sim Sheet
BACK BAY BATTERY
STRATEGIC INNOVATION SIMULATION
HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING’S BACK BAY BATTERY SIMULATION PROVIDES
AN ENGAGING AND RIGOROUS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EVENT USING A
LIVE DEBRIEF TO EFFECTIVELY EMBED LEARNING INTO AN ORGANIZATION’S
EVERYDAY WORK REALITIES
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
REAL
ENVIRONMENTS
Immersive settings model real business environments. REAL
RESULTS
Feedback and tools give managers a foundation for making better decisions. WORLD-CLASS
CONTENT
REAL
SITUATIONS
Drop managers into common leadership challenges.
SIMULATION
TIMELINE
LEARNER PREWORK
30 MINUTES
REAL
CONSEQUENCES
Managers experience repercussions of their own decisions firsthand.
SIMULATION
90–120 MINUTES
LIVE DEBRIEF
90 MINUTES
Organizations looking for the best ways to develop the most effective leaders need more than a concept to guide them. They must provide well-structured experiential learning opportunities that enable leaders to develop and hone the specific identified business skills required for personal and business success.
Simulations are one proven structured experiential learning activity. When designed and implemented in alignment with an organization’s business strategy and goals, simulations have the power to deliver:
> Retention and application of new skills
> Highly engaged learners who are invested in learning and its outcomes
> Stronger links between individual learning and business strategy and goals
OVERVIEW
> Straightforward assessment of results
This single-player simulation is designed to bridge theories in innovation and the impact of an emerging disruptive technology to the real-world context in which managers must make investment decisions about innovative new technologies under conditions of uncertainty. It simulates the challenges associated with making investment choices between mature and emerging technologies under uncertain—and highly constraining—real-world conditions.
The learner plays the role of a president at Back Bay Battery,
STRATEGIC INNOVATION SIMULATION
HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING’S BACK BAY BATTERY SIMULATION PROVIDES
AN ENGAGING AND RIGOROUS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EVENT USING A
LIVE DEBRIEF TO EFFECTIVELY EMBED LEARNING INTO AN ORGANIZATION’S
EVERYDAY WORK REALITIES
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
REAL
ENVIRONMENTS
Immersive settings model real business environments. REAL
RESULTS
Feedback and tools give managers a foundation for making better decisions. WORLD-CLASS
CONTENT
REAL
SITUATIONS
Drop managers into common leadership challenges.
SIMULATION
TIMELINE
LEARNER PREWORK
30 MINUTES
REAL
CONSEQUENCES
Managers experience repercussions of their own decisions firsthand.
SIMULATION
90–120 MINUTES
LIVE DEBRIEF
90 MINUTES
Organizations looking for the best ways to develop the most effective leaders need more than a concept to guide them. They must provide well-structured experiential learning opportunities that enable leaders to develop and hone the specific identified business skills required for personal and business success.
Simulations are one proven structured experiential learning activity. When designed and implemented in alignment with an organization’s business strategy and goals, simulations have the power to deliver:
> Retention and application of new skills
> Highly engaged learners who are invested in learning and its outcomes
> Stronger links between individual learning and business strategy and goals
OVERVIEW
> Straightforward assessment of results
This single-player simulation is designed to bridge theories in innovation and the impact of an emerging disruptive technology to the real-world context in which managers must make investment decisions about innovative new technologies under conditions of uncertainty. It simulates the challenges associated with making investment choices between mature and emerging technologies under uncertain—and highly constraining—real-world conditions.
The learner plays the role of a president at Back Bay Battery,