Lecture cases teach pattern recognition after the fact. Force Majeure forces decisions under uncertainty, time pressure, and incomplete information, against AI rivals who run the corporate playbooks the book describes. Free to play, mapped to the casebook chapter by chapter.
The book’s framework, Live Authentic Values, Support Community, Culture as System, Communicate Clearly, is the hidden scoring spine. Students do not read about it. They feel what happens when they violate it, then read the cultural reveal that explains what they missed. It grades financial and cultural judgment together, which is where managers actually come undone.
Every crisis is a real choice with consequences that cascade across later quarters.
AI rivals run state-capture, extraction, and community-anchor strategies the book documents.
Scenarios are built on documented local concepts from the markets where the research was done.
The course kit supplies discussion questions, debrief prompts, and a classroom exercise for every tutorial scenario.
Assign it alongside the casebook. Students play on their own and bring the reveals to discussion.
A single scenario played together, then debriefed against the four-part rubric.
The Solo campaign with three written reflections of 1,500 to 2,000 words each.
The in-game score is not the grade. Assessment runs on the student’s written reflection on the cultural reveal, which blocks speed-running and ladder optimization as grade-gaming strategies. You grade reasoning, not a leaderboard.
Built on decades of field research and a 2021 Harvard Business Review finding that community-embedded firms were about 3× more profitable and 9× more likely to survive crisis. See the people and the research →
The instructor kit is built to drop into a syllabus and an assurance-of-learning review, so the prep burden stays low and the grading stands up.
Every tutorial scenario comes with learning objectives, discussion questions, and debrief prompts, plus a facilitator guide for the seminar and elective formats.
The four-part rubric and the written reflection map to course learning objectives and produce per-student evidence you can take into an AACSB or program review.
The design rests on the authors’ field research and a 2021 Harvard Business Review finding, and experiential methods outperform lecture in the peer-reviewed literature. See the evidence →
Using Canvas, Blackboard, or another platform? Ask about roster and gradebook options when you request the kit.
| What matters to faculty | Force Majeure | Conventional business sims |
|---|---|---|
| Subject | Geopolitical and socio-political crisis | Generic strategy, IR, or economics |
| Source material | Documented field cases from conflict markets | Abstract or invented scenarios |
| Author authority | Published, Nobel-nominated researchers | Software vendors |
| Grade integrity | Scoring rewards real judgment, not leaderboard play | Visible, optimizable score |
| Cost to evaluate | Free instructor account, free pilot semester | Demo request, often gated |
Instructors evaluate the full game for free. Students pay per course, in the band of a single textbook chapter, not a software license.
Indicative pricing, in line with comparable classroom simulations. Volume and program-wide terms on request.
Yes. Instructors get a free account to evaluate the full game, the syllabus integration, and the facilitator guide. Students pay per course, in the band of a single textbook.
Three ways: a self-study supplement alongside the casebook, a single ninety-minute seminar, or a full elective of 25 to 30 hours. The course kit supplies discussion questions and debrief prompts for every tutorial scenario.
Assessment runs on the student's written reflection on the cultural reveal rather than the in-game score, which blocks speed-running and leaderboard optimization as grade-gaming strategies. You grade reasoning.
About $35 per student per course, or about $59 bundled with the case primer. The first pilot semester is free for early adopters. Pricing is indicative and volume terms are available.
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