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So you want to Run a high quality Business Simulation Competition
ByPeter Harrington March 13, 2021April 17, 2021

Business simulation competition event organisation takes time, planning and of course a good simulation platform. Scroll down to view my thoughts on high quality business simulation use, but for now let’s consider the critical thinking issues… Business Simulation Competition event thinking The key question to ask right at the start is: Why run the event?…

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University Pressure Cooker
ByPeter Harrington February 2, 2018June 12, 2020

For 12 years, and as part of my role at VSL, I’ve been talking with and meeting academics. In total, I’ve phoned, ‘Skyped’, ‘Hungout’ with and/or met at least 10 different people each week for 47 weeks of every year. When you do the maths, that’s over 5,500 conversations. So what’s been learnt?

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Flipping Classrooms with Romano Zavaroni
ByPeter Harrington January 29, 2017October 15, 2018

Following graduation in 1989 I rented a tiny, cell-like office in York for £17 a month. My entrepreneurial career had started. But getting to that point (and years later being able to create and grow a company on a global stage) was the result of one man’s inspiration and devotion to flipping classrooms.

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Game-changing Business Simulation
ByPeter Harrington December 16, 2014October 1, 2018

Whilst the team is yet to see the blood, much sweat and the occasional tear has been shed whilst building what we believe is a game-changing business simulation…

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Film treasures all entrepreneurs should find
ByPeter Harrington May 29, 2014September 18, 2018

By accident, I recently discovered a powerful and uplifting film about global social entrepreneurship. Concerned I’d never heard about this brilliantly-made & influential production (See 1. Who Cares?), I decided to search the web to uncover other film treasures all entrepreneurs should find. What I found may stagger you…

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