When you say simulation, some people tend to give blank stares and others simply question what that actually looks like. Matt Confer from Abilitie says that the big problem for his company is: “How do you convince people to get out of their day job and invest in training?” He explains, “You have to make it super immersive and they need to see [the program] in action.”That’s exactly what Abilitie, a Leadership Development Simulation, does— and they do it well. Abilities has developed an award-winning simulation that trains corporate leaders and university students the same way pilots, military personnel and people in the medical field are trained; training by doing. Ever wonder what the key skills are to be an effective decision maker? Matt breaks it down with three simple steps:

1. Challenge the constraints
2. Instead of a post-mortem, embrace a pre-mortem
3. Check the basics

Listen to the episode to find out more!