TOOLKITS &
SIMULATIONS

We provide a comprehensive range of cutting-edge toolkits, canvasses, workbooks, simulations, games, and learning labs designed to address a wide variety of organizational needs.

These resources support strategic thinking, operational excellence, leadership development, innovation, change management, and the ability to navigate complexity.

Many of these offerings are delivered as immersive 1-day interactive engagements, providing hands-on learning and practical insights. Alternatively, they are also available as stand-alone solutions that can be purchased or licensed for independent use by organisations. To enhance effectiveness, we offer Train-the-Trainer and facilitator support materials, and all resources can be customized to meet specific organizational requirements. Pricing is available upon request.

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Simulations, Learning Labs & Games

A dynamic, 1-day interactive experience that immerses participants in a challenging industry simulation. In this session, participants navigate complex decision-making scenarios, balancing resources, market demands, and environmental factors to achieve sustainable success.

Through this hands-on engagement, teams enhance their systems thinking capabilities, develop strategies to manage complexity, and gain practical insights into the interconnectedness of organizational decisions.

Ideal for leaders and teams looking to strengthen their ability to thrive in uncertain and multifaceted environments, this simulation delivers actionable lessons for real-world application.

A dynamic, 1-day interactive experience that immerses participants in the challenges of managing an academic institution in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) environment.

Participants navigate strategic decision-making, addressing real-world pressures such as shifting stakeholder expectations, resource constraints, and operational complexities.

Through this hands-on engagement, teams enhance their ability to lead in the interconnected dynamics of higher education. Participants practice making strategic decisions in response to real-world higher education pressures.  

This strategic foresight game pushes participants to envision and navigate future scenarios, helping leaders develop the ability to anticipate change and think strategically about long-term outcomes in a rapidly changing environment.

MSD is an engaging management and leadership simulation that challenges participants to lead teams, make resource-allocation decisions, and navigate complex organizational dynamics.

It focuses on developing practical leadership and decision-making skills in real-world contexts.

This is a unique, highly interactive 1-day engagement, based on a system dynamics learning lab that  helps senior business leaders understand the dynamics of market and business growth.

It shows how market success is dependent on integration and coordination of key business areas that include dynamic impacts between the sales and commercial function, customer orders and backlogs, production, and capital expansion decisions.

A highly interactive and immersive 1-day engagement designed to help senior leaders and operations teams understand the critical dynamics of maintenance and reliability in organizational performance.

Using a system dynamics learning lab approach, this PowerLab demonstrates how maintenance strategies, equipment reliability, resource allocation, and operational efficiency are interconnected.

Participants gain insights into balancing short-term operational demands with long-term reliability investments, ensuring sustainable performance and minimizing downtime across key systems.

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Tookits and Canvasses

A unique leadership development tool, Power of Metaphor, uses metaphorical thinking and strategic dialogue to help leaders make sense of complex challenges and communicate effectively.

It equips leaders with innovative approaches to inspire and guide their teams.

It can be applied in leadership development, strategic development, innovation and change.

This toolkit equips teams with the tools to tackle complex, interconnected challenges—often referred to as “wicked problems.”

Through strategic dialogue and innovative frameworks, leaders learn to break down these issues, develop creative solutions, and lead their teams through uncertainty.

The toolkit enables leaders to engage with stakeholders effectively, navigate ambiguity, and drive collaborative problem-solving in high-stakes environments.

A practical and versatile toolkit that enables groups to rapidly create games and simulations, ranging from simple interactive exercises to complex, multi-layered simulations.

Designed for a wide variety of organizational applications, including training, problem-solving and strategy development, this toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to help teams prototype and implement engaging, purpose-driven games tailored to their specific needs.

A practical and versatile toolkit designed to guide individuals and teams through the core stages of the design thinking process.

This toolkit provides clear frameworks and actionable tools to foster empathy, define challenges, ideate creative solutions, prototype concepts, and test ideas effectively.

Ideal for solving complex problems and driving innovation, the Design Thinking Toolkit equips users with a structured yet flexible approach to unlock creative potential and deliver impactful results in any organizational context.

It can be applied in leadership development, strategic development, innovation and change.

Ignite creativity and inspire strategic thinking with the Magical Questions Canvass.

This practical tool empowers individuals and teams to ask deep, penetrating questions that challenge assumptions, uncover fresh perspectives, and drive breakthrough solutions.

Whether used for ideating, problem-solving, or strategic planning or operational excellence, the toolkit provides a structured approach to harness the power of inquiry, helping organizations unlock new opportunities and tackle complex challenges with confidence.

A practical set of tools designed to facilitate open, honest, and meaningful dialogues within organizations.

This toolkit provides a structured framework to address both spoken and unspoken issues, fostering a safe and inclusive environment built on mutual respect and trust.

By emphasizing active listening, inquiry, and shared responsibility, the Integral Conversations Toolkit enables teams to confront real challenges, achieve clarity of intent, and promote continuous learning and accountability.

Perfect for navigating complex issues and driving alignment within teams.

This practical tool is designed to guide academics and researchers in structuring and developing articles for academic journal publications.

The Publications Canvass provides a clear framework to help researchers articulate their arguments, refine their methodology, and organize their findings for maximum impact, ensuring alignment with journal requirements.

The Presentations Canvass helps individuals and groups design impactful presentations with clarity and purpose.

By structuring key messages, visuals, and audience engagement strategies, this tool ensures presentations are cohesive, persuasive, and tailored to specific audiences.

This Report Writing Canvass is a step-by-step tool for crafting professional, high-impact reports.

It helps individuals or teams organize their ideas, structure content effectively, and convey complex information with clarity and precision, making reports more engaging and actionable.

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Workbooks

Our range of Workbooks is available for purchase, offering practical tools and frameworks to help employees quickly learn, reflect, and apply key concepts in areas like leadership, management, and stakeholder engagement. These workbooks empower organizations to enhance employee skills, foster growth, and drive measurable results.

This workbook equips leaders with the tools to think and act systemically in complex environments.

Through conceptual frameworks, reflection prompts, and practical exercises, it enables participants to identify interdependencies, understand leverage points, and drive collaborative solutions.

Perfect for organizations looking to cultivate leaders capable of navigating complexity and fostering systemic change.

Focused on the core principles of leading high-performing teams, this workbook provides actionable insights and techniques to build trust, align team goals, and foster collaboration.

With thinkpoints, practical applications, and journaling prompts, it empowers leaders to address team dynamics effectively and ensure sustainable performance.

A hands-on guide to mastering the art of adaptive leadership, this workbook introduces the principles of situational leadership and how to tailor your approach to the needs of your team.

It includes reflection questions, practical scenarios, and application exercises, making it an essential resource for leaders managing diverse teams in dynamic contexts.

This comprehensive workbook distils the foundational principles of effective management into actionable lessons.

It covers key areas such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, with practical exercises and discussion points to reinforce learning.

Ideal for equipping new managers with the skills they need to succeed.

Focusing on personal mastery and self-awareness, this workbook helps individuals align their personal values and goals with their professional roles.

Through guided reflections, journaling prompts, and practical exercises, it supports individuals in building resilience, clarity, and purpose for sustained growth and performance.

This workbook provides a structured approach to mastering difficult conversations.

With tools for active listening, inquiry, and building mutual respect, it helps individuals and teams navigate complex discussions with confidence.

Ideal for fostering alignment, resolving conflicts, and building trust within organizations.

Designed to help leaders thrive in uncertain and rapidly changing environments, this workbook introduces the principles of adaptive leadership.

It provides reflection points, real-world scenarios, and practical exercises to develop skills in diagnosing challenges, mobilizing teams, and driving organizational agility.

Aimed at helping leaders build strong and collaborative stakeholder relationships, this workbook covers the essentials of engagement, influence, and communication.

With tools for mapping stakeholders, addressing competing interests, and fostering alignment, it is ideal for organizations seeking to enhance stakeholder buy-in and trust.

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