ESW is developing and adapting two simulation tools that place executives right in the middle of the decision making for a sustainable enterprise.

Transformation: The Sustainable Enterprise Game

Designed by Stuart Hart and Susan Svoboda (www.realiagroup.com), Transformation enables participants to experience the implications and possibilities of sustainability-based strategies under competitive conditions. In a full-fledged business strategy “laboratory,” individuals take on executive management roles within their companies. Each team defines its own strategy in life-like conditions such as time pressures, budgetary constraints, unpredictable stakeholder interventions, changing market conditions and limited information. The team’s performance (impact on P&L, Balance Sheet and Environmental and Social Reports) is scored and benchmarked against computer-simulated firms. The goal is to shorten the feedback loop and provide reliable results in a “safe” environment prior to firms risking capital on a live initiative.

Crossroads: The BoP Game. (Under Development)

This strategy game/simulation aims to assist corporations in building the internal capabilities required to effectively operate in Base of the Pyramid markets. The goal is to train a cadre of skilled and motivated members in an organization to become BoP project team members and leaders. ESW is working with Twynstra Gudde Management Consultants, Tilburg University, and some of the world’s leading “gamers” to develop the tool. We are currently seeking funding for Phase II of this project.