How Acumen can help your business
In Acumen, participants become the executive leadership team of a successful global entertainment business. Over four simulated quarters, they’ll navigate a series of high-impact dilemmas - making strategic, financial, and organisational decisions in a competitive and collaborative environment.
Acumen enhances leadership capabilities across three critical domains:
Strategic thinking
- Creating strategy based on shifting customer demographics and spend
- Managing organisational health and competing priorities
- Reacting to sudden market changes and challenges
Financial acumen
- Working with a realistic P&L and KPI dashboard
- Making pricing decisions and understanding revenue levers
- Tracking gross and net margin, fixed and variable costs
Negotiation
- Setting and aligning success criteria with the CEO and board
- Negotiating with other teams for shared objectives and insights
- Managing tension between collaboration and competition
