Business Is a Game Best Played to Win
Playing on the Business Battlefield
The Premise
Business is more than a game. It’s war.
Conventional Thinking
Quite often business is likened to a game, with its boardgame rules and strategies, and its end goal trophies and prizes. Chess, Monopoly, and Risk are prime examples, encompassing clashing teams, or real estate one-upmanship (“one-upwomanship”?) or even world domination. In the grand scheme of things, that thinking is child’s play compared to the real world of business.
Commonplace comparisons between business and sports are somewhat more appropriate. Business and sports share commonality.
• Coaches are the leaders.
• Team names, uniforms, and logos are the brands.
• Key players most ...
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