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Visual Purple's Winning In Wireless: Year 1 Hits Browser

October 22, 2009  

Visual Purple, which in April of this year launched, in partnership with BTS, a downloadable version of its virtual world Winning In Wireless: Year 1, has released a beta version of the world that functions completely within a browser.

Bersin & Assoc. Leadership Drives Business Blog

Who's Who? Three Leadership Vendors You gotta Know

August 25, 2009  

Bersin's Kim Lamoureux, an expert in corporate leadership development and succession management, singles out BTS in an article about three stand outs in the leadership development market. "A world leader in business simulations, BTS specializes in “level-setting” leaders as it relates to its understanding of how a business functions and increasing the alignment of the visionary strategic direction of a company."

Training Magazine

Can Your Reps Recognize Great Sales Opportunities?

August 24, 2009  

Tips for managers of sales reps working in challenging economic times from BTS Head of Global Sales Practice  Lou Schachter, head of the global sales practice at BTS.

Talent Management Magazine

The Maturity Gap

August, 2009
by Jim Bowles

Jim Bowles, a leader in the Global Leadership & Management Practice for BTS USA, contributed this thoughtful article based on research demonstrating an increased delay in the developmental progression into adulthood for many young workers.

SMM Newsletter

Seven Strategies for Surpassing Sales Stress

August 19, 2009

BTS' Lou Schachter, head of the global sales practice at BTS, shares tips for sales representatives working in challenging economic times.

Smartplanet.com

Business Brains Blog
Business simulation 'tournaments' encourage learning by doing, not by reading

July 30, 2009
by Heather Clancy

"…experiential learning, especially online, is definitely a trend you should consider. Some of the world's biggest and most successful companies – including Nokia, Accenture, Sony, Phillips, Rolls-Royce, Novartis, Ernst & Young, KPMG, IBM, HP and Cisco -- are encouraging up-and-coming management candidates to participate in such an experience, the BTS Global Business Tournament, to build the skills they need for their next step up the corporate ladders."

Workforce Management

Assurant Hits 'Play' for Painless Learning June

June, 2009
by Garry Kranz

This article on effective experiential learning and includes interviews with BTS' Rommin Adl and BTS customer Accenture Spain discussing BTS Tournaments as an "innovative way for people to improve their managerial capabilities and strategic thinking and a fantastic opportunity to have a global view" of the company as a whole.

Talent Management Magazine

The Bleed-over Effect

June, 2009
by Jim Bowles

BTS' Jim Bowles shares his experience in the case of employee performance negatively affected by outside factors, including economic, and resources to tap into.

CNN.com

Tackling business problems with online games

June 5, 2009
by Mark Tutton

Realistic simulations can teach general skills, like decision making, or allow participants to try their hand at all manner of specific business disciplines, be it finance, accounting, marketing or human resources.

Training Magazine

Young Trainers to Watch

May 4, 2009
by Sarah Boehle

BTS' Paul Middleton is named to Training Magazine's "10 to Watch" list, which features up-and-coming leaders who are well on their way to becoming future Top Young Trainers."

Stamford Advocate

BTS offers way to be virtual boss

March 13, 2009
by Rich Lee

"Baseball, basketball and football come to mind when thinking of team sports, but now a company that has its U.S. base in Stamford is translating the excitement of team competition to the business arena. BTS, a developer of customize business-simulation software, is launching BTS Tournaments in the United States…Now companies can pit teams of three to five in these tournaments, as they simulate running multinational companies over four years. The games provide a cost-effective way for managers to apply business skills."

HR Executive Online

Some Serious Business Games

March 2, 2009
by Michael O'Brien

Business leaders may soon have their own "March Madness" with BTS Tournaments launching to U.S. companies this month. Interviewed by HR Executive Magazine, BTS EVP Rommin Adl notes, "This is a very effective way to build that core business acumen that anybody in any company needs to have. It puts [teams] in the shoes of senior leaders and [they] run this business represented by a computer model. They make decisions on pricing, marketing, research and development, product development, production, HR, finance decisions, all the real-life decisions".

Chief Learning Officer, Executive Briefings

Simulations for a Changing Economy

February 2009
by Mike Prokopeak

From an interview with Rommin Adl, the article notes: “'Simulations are probably one of the most effective ways of building business acumen,' said Rommin Adl, executive vice president of BTS. This week, BTS announced the launch of BTS Tournaments in the United States. Developed by a BTS subsidiary in Finland, BTS Tournaments is an online competition in which U.S.-based teams of three to five people run a simulated multinational company against real competitors in a virtual market environment... 'When times are tough, that’s exactly when you need people to be the most astute and skilled and knowledgeable on how to drive that financial performance,' he said."

Workforce Management Magazine

The Army's Training Weapon: Serious Games

Learning to Cross Cultures

Virtually Shooting Real Targets

January 2009
by Bridget Mintz Testa

Three stories about simulations quote BTS experts. "In a simulation, you can try new things without risk," says Joe DiFilippo, a consultant with BTS, and an eight-year Army veteran, where he both participated in and facilitated a number of simulations. "If it doesn’t work out, you can try again. There’s a big risk with a real situation. Simulations are safe, quick and easy, with on-the-spot behavioral change."