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Bobby Milstein
Design Thinking
Food TruckIn dynamic, changing environments, prototyping outweighs analysis. The optimal strategy uses the low-capacity pushcart to quickly gather data and learn which combination performs best before committing to the full-scale food truck.
Learning Objectives: Agile mindset, learn-by-doing, rapid prototyping, maximize revenue.
Total Time: 50 min
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Managerial and Entrepreneurial Mindsets
The Babson College Mindset GameHelps players appreciate that venture creation lies more in action and collaboration than in analysis and competition, exercising a test-and-learn philosophy while contrasting managerial thinking with entrepreneurial thinking.
Learning Objectives: Design thinking, collaboration, innovation, embracing risk and failure, iterative processes, value creation.
Total Time: 90 min
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Innovation
Breaking News
Further emphasizes the value of prototyping and innovation management as this once-thriving newspaper struggles under modern social media and smartphones, mirroring the volatility leaders face when business must catch up with the times.
Learning Objectives: Adaptability, learning and growing, innovative strategy.
Total Time: 75–120 min
Strategic Innovation
Back Bay BatteryThis classic investor's dilemma is a high-level strategic challenge focused on the patient investment required for long-term growth by competing against the act of "non-consumption."
Learning Objectives: Innovative strategy, strategic decision making, risk awareness and management, systems thinking.
Total Time: 105–150 min
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