{"id":22194,"date":"2024-05-09T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/?page_id=22194"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:43:29","slug":"management-learning-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/organizational\/services\/management-learning-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Management Learning Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Learning best practice has long since moved from lecture-style approaches* with a \u201csage on the stage\u201d to\u00a0active learning<\/strong>\u00a0approaches that revolve around\u00a0problem-based learning<\/strong>,\u00a0cooperative learning<\/strong>, and\u00a0social learning<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Games \u2013 or for those who prefer a more serious-sounding name \u201csimulations\u201d \u2013 are complex problem-solving spaces that offer the opportunity for context-based learning which harnesses the power of active, experiential, problem-based, cooperative, and social learning, replacing a learning process of conscious effort with an enjoyable, subconscious one.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

They are powerful learning tools that are tested and proven ways to improve learning outcomes. They replace the \u201cinstructor\u201d with a \u201cfacilitator\u201d who is a \u201cguide on the side\u201d who is not there to teach but to help smart people learn. This is a critical distinction when learners are adults and especially if they are experienced leaders or managers. Rather than simply discussing topics with an instructor, learners engage in a dynamic scenario that enables them to quickly see \u2013 and feel \u2013 the consequences of their actions. This enables them to realize things as they play, facilitating both new learning and the transformation of old knowledge into new knowledge.<\/p>

*<\/strong>\u00a0Leadership development, for the most part, is an exercise of the abstract (with a heavy reliance on passive, instructor-centric, lecture-style approaches and static, historic case studies) and traditional leadership education has been criticized by many researchers, with Barbara Kellerman and others suggesting that most leadership training is ineffective.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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At BEX we have decades of experience using and designing learning games (we also run the International Conference on Business Learning Games<\/a><\/span>). We use games in many of our classroom and workshop training courses and have designed games to help people at all stages of their careers learn a wide range of learnings, including:<\/p>