Articles: Imagination, Creativity, Critical Thinking

Mental simulations immerse decision-makers into a realist scenario where they can experience real world consequences and immediate or 2nd order outcomes from their decisions in a safe environment.

The measurement challenge: how do we establish whether a program has improved someone’s ability to think creatively or critically, and act decisively, in a difficult situation?

Employee relations can create some of the most complex and difficult challenges for leaders.

We underestimate the potential cost of poor judgement. In fact, we don't even have effective mechanisms for developing judgement and critical thinking - not in schools, universities or even in corporate professional or leadership development - because we don't know how. Let's look at some examples of the consequences of bad decisions:

Mental simulation can improve executive decision-making by making possible consequences more concrete, revealing hidden assumptions and giving leaders a safe place to practice their responses.

When information and knowledge are a cheap commodity, the ultimate competitive strategic advantage is no longer what you know. Instead, it comes from having a leadership team with advanced judgement, creativity, critical thinking and decision-making foresight.