Why Simulate ?

Simulations apply the most basic principle of learning: the need to practise and rehearse
Pilots, sportspeople and the medical profession have long understood the importance of simulating their activities in order to improve their performance and reduce the risk of failure in the real world. The only practice grounds, however, for managers have typically been their real projects, real organisations and real customers. This means that their ‘education’ is often very expensive. Simulations, in contrast, provide an opportunity to learn from mistakes that do not cost very much!
 
Simulations are better than real world experience
Managing complex projects, for example, can involve hundreds of decisions taken over long periods of time. The distance between cause and effect means that it can actually be difficult to learn from such experience. Simulation provides a clarity of cause and effect, and an honesty of feedback, that we do not usually enjoy in the real world.