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Dilemma: A business acumen simulation of tough choices

How can a dilemma-driven simulation help you?

How can a dilemma-driven simulation help you?

Dilemma puts your team at the centre of a fast-paced business scenario where every decision matters. Participants compete head-to-head while navigating real-world business dilemmas - testing their judgement, strategy, and collaboration under pressure. This simulation develops:

  • Strategic thinking in a shifting, competitive market
  • Financial insight and decision-making with real impact
  • Values-based leadership in response to tough trade-offs
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How Dilemma can help your business

In Dilemma, teams lead businesses compete for market share over multiple trading periods. Each round introduces new market dynamics and unfolding dilemmas around topics such as innovation, ethics, people, and technology. These dilemmas are integrated into the gameplay, helping participants apply leadership values and decision-making frameworks in context.

Participants must lead strategically while collaborating, adapting, and responding to unpredictable challenges - all in a simulated market where each team’s decisions affect the others.

The simulation builds capability in three core areas:

Strategic thinking

  • Carving out a market niche based on customer needs
  • Adapting to competitive shifts and emerging trends
  • Aligning operations and pricing with long-term goals

Financial acumen

  • Working with realistic P&L statements and financial KPIs
  • Understanding cost structures, margin, and ROI
  • Making strategic investments and pricing decisions

Collaboration

  • Identifying win-win opportunities with other teams
  • Balancing team success with overall market dynamics
  • Navigating the line between competition and cooperation

At a glance

  • Duration: Dilemma is played over 3–4 hours
  • Scenario: You will lead a business in a dynamic and competitive market where each team's decisions influence the others. Over several trading periods, you'll adapt to shifting customer demands, changing market conditions, and real-time business dilemmas. Success requires crafting strategy, managing financial performance, and responding to unfolding leadership challenges
  • Skillsets: Strategic thinking, financial acumen, collaboration

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