Business Games, Business Simulations and Discovery Maps^®

“Zodiak’s versatility has allowed us to adapt it to a large number of business situations and cultures. It really meets our audience's varied needs.”

“Our sales force needed to become familiar with finance and its related terminology; to understand ROI, just-in-time inventory, cash flow and more; and to see how their day-to-day decisions affected company profitability. Zodiak gave our sales professionals an enhanced appreciation of their customers' business issues and how to position our products in relation to their needs.”

“We found Zodiak to be an interactive, informative and delightfully nontraditional way to achieve our goals. We spend a lot of time training our staff on the IT aspects of their jobs, but what we have experienced on some of our projects is that by broadening their perspectives, they become more value added contributors.”

“[Following Zodiak training], we’re starting to see employees come forward with ideas on how we can save money, how we can cut costs in a particular area but with a revenue generating concept.”

“The verbatim comments we receive [after the session] – this is a great way to learn, or that they learned what they needed to know, or that they could use the information immediately – tell us we hit the mark. Those are great measures. I can say with confidence that our learning objectives were met.”

[The Discovery Maps program] “added significant value to the orientation process. It really imparted the critical information we needed and, just as important, it added great fun to our training program. The nature of this product is that everybody who goes through it has a different ‘Aha!’ moment. We rolled this out to groups of 200, and there might be 75 separate ‘Aha!’ moments in each group.”

“The launch of our Discovery Maps program “Journey to a Better Way” [helped] all employees see how their work connects to key initiatives, core strategies, and, most important, the positive experience we want each of our members to have with Regence.”

“Getting the message out there couldn’t wait, and this methodology fit our need to be innovative with the approach. Leveraging ‘the power of discovery’ is one of the tools we are using to make the concept live for our employees.”

“It works for us as a tool among several in a unified effort to build leadership skills. It just ties everything together. We read books, we give presentations, we talk about what leadership is and how it works, but Impact5 is the way we apply everything we’ve talked about.”

“Our employees are able to bring all the new concepts and insights they learned during the Impact5 simulation and tie them in with what they’ve learned in our three-day Leadership Pipeline program. These high-involvement learning activities allow our participants to develop insights and commitment as they internalize this new information and knowledge.”

“Mosaic helps managers take more responsibility for retention and talent leadership. Our human resources and recruiting staff cannot solely shoulder this responsibility. It’s vital we have managers engaged in retention initiatives, and give them the tools they need to succeed and have a plan of action. Components of role-playing and discovery learning are part of our current training initiatives, so Mosaic fit very nicely into our training curriculum.”

"Neon Buzz offered a way for participants to see themselves without offending them, while also demonstrating the alternatives and benefits that can be gained from moving toward a high-performance team model. I saw the similarities between the cultures portrayed…and the real world that exists within our own organization."

"We especially liked the premise for the operation of Neon Buzz. The story takes place outside the realm of gas and electric companies and enables our people to see the overall benefits of teamwork in business, regardless of industry. Neon Buzz shows our employees where they've been (an autocratic environment) and why they must make changes to avoid returning to that environment."

“Breakdowns in communication can occur in a very large company where there is a wide range of responsibilities spread out over a large geographic area. We needed to find a way to manage these issues while communicating the fundamental issues of change in a consistent manner, being prepared for stumbling blocks and aligning employees across the company to changes we’re making and why they’re important.”

“We see Right Turns as a cost-effective way to
help support our change efforts.”