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What Happens Inside a Leadership Simulation? Click to view What Happens Inside a Leadership Simulation?
Editor's Note: This post draws from our recent live event on this topic. Watch the full recording or read our introduction to leadership simulations.
Most leaders develop their capability while doing the job itself. Every decision, conversation, and trade-off shapes how they...
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Leadership
How to Lead Multi-Generational Teams: Lessons From Gen X and Gen Z Click to view How to Lead Multi-Generational Teams: Lessons From Gen X and Gen Z
Editor's Note: This post grew out of a recent team conversation between Greg Brisendine, an experienced leadership coach and Gen X professional, and Andrea Marguerite, a Gen Z team member who brings fresh perspective to our work at Insight Experience. The conversation explored...
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Business Acumen
Participant 7,500: What Makes a Business Acumen Program Last Click to view Participant 7,500: What Makes a Business Acumen Program Last
Earlier this year, Insight Experience welcomed its 7,500th participant into the Dealer Management Simulation (DMS), a business acumen program that has now run for more than two decades. What has made it so durable? After all, even the best programs don’t live on indefinitely....
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Participant 7,500: What Makes a Business Acumen Program LastParticipant 7,500: What Makes a Business Acumen Program Last
Earlier this year, Insight Experience welcomed its 7,500th participant into the Dealer Management Simulation (DMS), a...
Ned Wasniewski
Apr 7, 2026
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Why Fictional Business Simulations Drive Real LearningWhy Fictional Business Simulations Drive Real Learning
When we at Insight Experience design business simulations with our clients, many assume the simulation should exactly...
Ned Wasniewski
Nov 4, 2025
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What Does It Take to Be a General Manager?What Does It Take to Be a General Manager?
The role of General Manager (GM) is a demanding leadership position. It requires adopting new perspectives on...
Ned Wasniewski
Jun 25, 2024
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What Is Cost of Capital and Why Is It Important?What Is Cost of Capital and Why Is It Important?
The cost of capital is an indication of the cost a business incurs to finance itself, and it’s an important metric for...
Ned Wasniewski
Oct 30, 2023
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Networking, Part II: More Tips for Creating ConnectionsNetworking, Part II: More Tips for Creating Connections
My Insight Experience colleague Rachel Halsall wrote a blog post in September of last year about networking. In ...
Ned Wasniewski
Feb 21, 2023
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Equip Your Leaders with the Business Acumen Skills to Manage InflationEquip Your Leaders with the Business Acumen Skills to Manage Inflation
We’ve read about it. We’ve heard about it. And we feel it. Inflation is at a 40-year high in the United States. And...
Ned Wasniewski
Jul 13, 2022
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5 Ways to Build Business Acumen5 Ways to Build Business Acumen
Insight Experience’s simulation-based learning experiences train corporate leaders in developing business acumen and...
Ned Wasniewski
Jul 21, 2021
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Understanding a Company’s Real Financial ReportsUnderstanding a Company’s Real Financial Reports
Publicly traded companies are required by law to publish financial reports – the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and...
Ned Wasniewski
May 4, 2021
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Leading in a Hybrid Work EnvironmentLeading in a Hybrid Work Environment
The transition to virtual work in 2020 was a grand and, for many companies, a successful working experiment. Now we are...
Ned Wasniewski
Apr 6, 2021
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