Business as Usual?

When growth masks risk, will your team see it coming?

A fast-paced business simulation that starts with strategy and ends in crisis.
This session reveals how your people respond when ‘business as usual’ suddenly isn’t.

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Overview

STRATEGISE | FACE CRISIS | LEAD THROUGH IT

Your team is leading Stratamate, a successful $80M strata management business.

The goal? Grow revenue, expand nationally, and outperform your peers. You’ll set strategy, allocate resources, and respond to shifting priorities. Then, just as momentum builds, something goes wrong. Very wrong.

Simulation Flow

The Growth Game

Teams are given a realistic business profile and set of levers they can adjust for growth.

They analyse the business and strategise for the future. They think it’s business as usual, and this is the important perspective for round 2 and 3.

Every team sees the same business but where they steer it is up to them.

The Hit

Each team is then hit with a crisis match to their previous decisions.

Teams face different incidents. Examples include a ransomware breach, a key client walking out, significant compliance issue or critical team member walking out.

Teams must quickly assess the situation, build a response plan, and communicate clearly under pressure. They’re given just enough guidance, but not enough to make them comfortable.

Reflect & Act

The real value of this simulation lies in the reflection.

We step back and surface the underlying risk factors that made the business vulnerable and how to get in front of it. We explore key-person risk, leadership blind spots and systems gaps.

The final piece is a deeper reflection. What barriers, structural or psychological, is holding your business back from being truly resilient and what can you do about it?

Who it’s For

Built for Leadership Teams Ready for a Pressure Test

This simulation is designed for groups who want to grow, but know growth brings risk.

It’s a chance to surface blind spots, test leadership under pressure, and get serious about operational resilience.

  • Leadership teams exploring how they respond to unexpected challenges and what risk lives beneath the surface
  • Middle managers practising real-time decision-making when priorities clash and plans go off-script
  • Businesses preparing for growth, change, or handover, who need to know their systems (and people) will hold
  • Postgrad and executive education cohorts building confidence in strategy, crisis leadership, and cross-functional alignment

What You’ll See (and Feel)


CLARITY | COMPLACENCY | CRISIS | CONFIDENCE

This simulation is designed to reveal what often goes unseen.
The gap between what teams intend to do and what they’re actually ready for.

Here’s the emotional journey your team will travel:

Confident Planning

“We’ve got this.”

Teams dive into familiar territory (strategy, growth etc.). They review business info, debate options, and lay out plans for success.

It feels sharp. Focused. Like business as usual.But it’s also a trap.They’ve missed something. Something big.

Because when everything looks normal, no one prepares for disruption.

Crisis Hits

“Wait… what?”

Just as momentum builds, everything turns.

A ransomware attack. A lost key client. A reputational blindside.
Now it’s not about growth anymore.

It’s about survival.
The false confidence evaporates. The plan doesn’t matter. What matters now is how they respond.

Navigating the Unknown

“We should’ve prepped for this.”

Some scramble. Others look for blame.
But a few begin to organise, prioritise, and stabilise. Suddenly, that forgotten incident response plan seems priceless.

That risk flagged last quarter? Now it’s painfully real.

Teams start thinking:
– What else are we exposed to?
– What else have we underplayed?

The Shift

“We’re not invincible. But we can be ready.”

The moment of insight isn’t just about this crisis.It’s about every potential disruption they’ve ignored.

And it clicks:
A little preparation changes everything.

Prevention is power. Clarity kills chaos.

That’s the new mindset they walk away with.

What Teams Walk Away With

These insights don’t come from slides.
They’re felt in real decisions made under real pressure.

Risk Visibility

Spot where your business is most vulnerable—and why those risks are often ignored.

Crisis Practice

Experience a real-time leadership test, with no time to Google the answer.

Response Readiness

Work through an incident response plan under pressure, not in theory.

Habit Exposure

See how your team’s default behaviours help or hinder your response..

Leadership Clarity

Reveal who steps up, who stalls, and what support systems are missing.

Shared Language

Walk away with common reference points to talk risk, resilience, and accountability.

LOGISTICS

Duration:

2.5–3 hours including debrief

Format:

In-person is preferable, but virtual is possible

Group Size:

Group Size: 6–30 people

Facilitated by:

Experienced game-based learning specialists

Optional:

Tailored context briefing and business-aligned debrief

Ready to see how your team performs when the unexpected hits?

Run Business as Usual? with Your Team

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