Business is a systems game, and the best education for business is ... a Euro board game.
I mean, think about it: apart from negotiations or sales meetings, most of business is turn-based. The natural length of a turn in a real-world business is a day.
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Want to become a great entrepreneur? Well, show me how well you optimise for sheep cows grain vegetables family members paddocks and house size!
(Yes, this is an Agricola reference: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3126)
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This reminds me that I've yet to give Food Chain Magnate a try:
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This is a good metaphor, and you could take it even further. At their core many Euro games task you with building a productive engine, reinvesting to grow it, and competing with other engines of growth.
Sometimes the metaphor is explicit! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1759
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A former colleague of mine who is an engineering manager started an entire substack newsletter based on this premise. It’s a fun read.
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