Dispelling the myths —Business Simulations Edition: Part 2
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…” These words are incredibly important for the workforce of the digital age to remember. Why? The volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the ever-changing business landscape means a career riddled with challenges. The question is of whether you are going to face and overcome these challenges or shy away from them, although the latter is equivalent to extinction.
In such a case, it is imperative that the necessary skills are developed quickly. Time is of the essence, without learning or retention being compromised. Therefore, simulations play a crucial role in helping build sustained learning. Given this context, it is pertinent for the business world to scale up the use of simulations in corporate learning. To ensure this outcome, we address three more myths commonly held about simulation-based learning. (Read: Dispelling the myths — Simulations Edition: Part 1)
Myth: Simulations are too difficult
To paraphrase Roosevelt, ‘Nothing worth having is easy’. Does this mean that simulations are indeed difficult? Perhaps at some point and in some ways. To my mind, there are two reasons that simulations can be viewed as difficult:
- A discomfort in using technology
- Obscurity of concept
Let’s dig a little deeper to debate the merit of this belief that simulations are difficult.
On the one hand, Simulations are technology-based solutions, and a discomfort in using technology may be an obstacle in simulation-based learning. After all, simulations have been around for nearly a century, while technology has been commonplace only in the last two decades or so. Therefore, there might have been some truth to this myth, but this was a long time ago. Since the advent of social media, mobile phones, and the internet, technology has become deeply embedded in our lives. Therefore, there are very few people who lack the understanding and comfort of handling technology. There are even fewer such individuals in the corporate world. Given the audience, simulation technology is definitely not too difficult to navigate.
An area where a belief that simulations are too difficult could be well-founded is in the lack of understanding of a concept, i.e., when you don’t understand the cognitive aspects of a topic, it can be difficult to implement it. However, research and experience both suggest that the best way to learn something is by doing. While it may seemingly take additional time and effort to do so, the resultant effect is one of sustained knowledge and skill development.
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