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Compete: A business acumen simulation for emerging leaders

How can a business acumen simulation help you?

How can a business acumen simulation help you?

Compete is a fast-paced simulation that challenges participants to run a business in an energetic market environment. Designed for emerging leaders and high-potential talent, it provides hands-on experience of strategic decision-making, financial management, and competitive collaboration. Participants will:

  • Learn to align pricing and operations with market-driven strategy
  • Understand financial KPIs and P&L performance
  • Navigate the balance between competition and collaboration
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How Compete can help your business

In Compete, participants lead a business in a competitive market where each team’s decisions directly affect the others. They must identify market gaps, craft differentiated strategies, and make fast, informed decisions to stay ahead - all while understanding when to compete and when to collaborate.

This simulation develops core business capabilities across three dimensions:

Strategic thinking

  • Building strategy based on market needs and positioning
  • Reacting to market shifts and competitor moves
  • Aligning pricing, operations, and decision-making with strategic goals

Financial acumen

  • Interpreting a realistic P&L and key financial indicators
  • Understanding cost structures, margin, and profitability
  • Making pricing and investment decisions with financial impact in mind

Collaboration

  • Recognising when collaboration is more powerful than competition
  • Distinguishing between win-lose and win-win outcomes
  • Balancing individual team goals with market-wide performance

At a glance

  • Duration: Compete is played over 2–3 hours
  • Scenario: Participants run businesses in a lively market where every decision shapes the competitive landscape. With limited time and evolving conditions, teams must think strategically, analyse financial data, and adapt fast to outperform their rivals or collaborate for mutual gain
  • Skillsets: Strategic thinking, financial acumen, collaboration

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