Free micro simulations for workplace skills training
By Scott Thompson, Apr 16, 2026 Last updated Apr 16, 2026
Free micro simulations for workplace skills training
Most workplace training asks you to watch, read, or listen. Micro simulations ask you to decide. Each one drops you into a realistic business scenario, for example, a tense meeting, an organisation-wide change initiative, or a leadership dilemma, putting the outcome in your hands. You’ll be asked to make quick decisions, taking around two minutes, and you’ll be given immediate personalised feedback on how your choices stack up against proven frameworks.
They are designed for anyone who wants to test their thinking in a risk-free environment: L&D professionals exploring new learning interventions, managers looking to sharpen a specific skill, or anyone curious about how they would handle a high-stakes workplace moment. Micro simulations prioritise learning by doing. That means you won’t be given slides or modules. It’s a quick scenario requiring you to make choices, analysing what they reveal.
How it works
Each micro simulation follows a common format. You are briefed on a scenario, then face three decision points where you choose from several options. Some decisions are multiple choice, others ask you to rank or prioritise. Once you have finished, you receive a competency rating and a personalised profile that breaks down your strengths and areas for growth, with explanations of why each option works or doesn't.
No account is needed; they run in your browser on any device, and they are completely free.
Our micro simulations
Conflict resolution: promise vs. capacity
When Sales promises a four-week delivery without checking with Production, who needs eight weeks to complete the delivery, tensions rise fast. This micro simulation puts you in the mediator's chair, tasked with de-escalating a standoff between your Sales and Production leads before it damages the client relationship and internal trust.
Across three decision points you will practise opening a tense meeting without assigning blame, moving from entrenched positions to collaborative problem-solving, and attempting to prevent the same conflict from recurring. Concepts covered include interest-based negotiation, the Ladder of Inference, Conditions of Satisfaction, and the Tit-for-Tat cooperation strategy.
Depending on your choices, you will be rated from novice to expert and assigned a mediator profile that highlights your strengths and areas for growth, all in a couple of minutes.
Play the conflict resolution micro business simulation
AI governance: change management
A fast-growing entertainment streaming company has an AI problem. Teams across the business have been adopting AI tools on their own, with no standards, no oversight, and no paper trail, and the legal and reputational exposure is mounting. You have been brought in to lead a new AI governance office and make it stick.
Across three decision points you will prioritise which stakeholders to engage first, navigate a one-to-one meeting with a vocal opponent who fears governance will slow his team down, and choose what to tackle first when compliance gaps, resistant leaders, rising costs, and executive impatience all compete for your attention. Concepts covered include stakeholder mapping, the trust cycle, the difference between compliance and genuine adoption, and why the people side of change must come before the process side.
You’ll be named a change novice, practitioner, or leader, and the detailed feedback on every option shows exactly where your instincts align with proven change management principles, and where they don't.
Play the AI governance micro business simulation
More on the way
We are regularly adding new micro simulations to this library, each one built around a different workplace challenge and grounded in established frameworks. Check back often, or follow us on LinkedIn to be the first to try each new scenario as it launches.
Go deeper
These micro simulations are designed to give you a taste of what scenario-based learning feels like in practice. The full simulation suite at Business Simulations goes much further: longer, more immersive, and more challenging experiences with richer data, evolving team dynamics, and facilitator-led debriefs that turn individual insight into lasting learning across your organisation. If you like what you see here, explore the full library or get in touch to book a demo.
About the Author
With a background in technology, Scott is responsible for overseeing the architecture, design and development of our platforms as well as managing the business.