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The Importance of Wargames in the Military and Business
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The Importance of Wargames/Simulations
in bothMilitary and Business
Environments
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David Schroeder
Schroeder Publishing & Wargames
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The Big Question:
What Should I Do Now?
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Some Decide on Mergers & Acquisitions
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Many of Which Don’t Work Out
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Management Fads 1950 – 2000s
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Cost Cutting – Often to Extremes
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Marching OffInto
The Unknown
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Financial Ruin
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Sciences have Specific Answers to Specific Problems
You can learn how to find the specific correct answer
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Paint“The Night
Sky”
In Art, There are Many Possible Ways
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Stories are
PowerfulTeaching
Tools
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We Remember
Stories and their Lessons
Story’s “Stick with Us”
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Business Environment
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Military Environment
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Uses Stories from
World War I to Discuss Business
Issues
Available on
Amazon.com
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Austro-Hungarian General Staff
ENRON Board and Executives
Unfortunate Leadership Similarities
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A Popular Book that
Influenced Decision Makers
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The Fad :Build a Battleship Fleet
The Unknown Territory : No Prior Sea Tradition
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Dissipation of Resources, No Realized Benefits
End Result – Written Off
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History Repeats Itself
People in Every Age Do the Same Things for
the Same Reasons
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The Lessons of these Stories are Applicable
Today
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What Can You Tell
about This Plan?
What are Its Chances for
Success?
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WargamesProvideDetailed Insight
into Operations
Der Weltkrieg – Situation in Belgium – Aug 1914
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Wargaming Improves:
• Strategy Formulation
• Planning
• Coordination
• Proper Resource Allocation
• Execution
• Project Management
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Stratego Battlefield – Center, Left & Right Flanks
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Common Stratego Deployments
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Winning Strategies involve Concentration
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A Modern Business
Story
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The TI Business Battlefield
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The TI Business Battlefield Redeployment
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The Levels of Understanding
Objective is to Help
People Get to Deeper
Levels
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A Musical Analogy
Shallow - Listening
Medium – Reading Music
Deepest – Playing an Instrument
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They Look Pretty Daunting, Don’t They?
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Who would choose this method to learn to play an instrument?
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Learning Something Complicated Requires
Instruction & Mentorship
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France 1940 16 Pages of Rules
Hundreds of Pieces
No Instructor made
for Difficult Learning
My First Wargame
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Aides to Wargame Training
Computer Based Tutorial Videos
Guides new players through the basic rules and concepts, using numerous examples
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Training in Wargames/Simulations
Both Military and Business Need to do Better at Training Leaders in Wargames and Simulations
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What We Need to Do:
• Motivate Others to Learn to Use Wargames/Simulations
• Provide Ample Training in Using Wargames
• Make Ability to Use Wargames a Prerequisite for Reaching Senior Decision Making Levels
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Wargaming 101:
• Teach the Mechanics and Techniques of Wargames and Simulations
• Use them to provide Insight through Immersion in Decision Maker roles
• Use them to Analyze Strategies and Options
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Tracking the Explorer Satellite
– A True Story
Simulating Complex Situations
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Tracking –
The Options
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The Back-Up
Solution
Satellite Tracking
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Core Issues for Simulations
• Critical or Bottleneck Resources
• Fundamental Cause/Effect Relationships
• Core Processes
• Clear Picture of Operating Environment
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War In Europe
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Computer Based Simulations
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The Der Weltkrieg Game Series
Available through www.spwgame.com
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The Der Weltkrieg Game Series
The Schlieffen Plan plays out in
Western Front
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The Der Weltkrieg Game Series
Consolidated Map of European Fronts
From the Vassal Computer Engine Module
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Foundations of Der Weltkrieg Design
• 50% of WW1 Casualties caused by Artillery
• Artillery Ammunition was Bottleneck Resource
• Attacker needed 3 times Defender’s Strength for Parity in Results
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Core Cause & Effect Relationship
50% of WW1 Casualties caused
by Artillery
Basic Infantry/Artillery
Structure of French Division
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The Bottleneck ResourceArtillery Ammunition
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Attacker needed 3 times Defender’s Strength for Parity in Results
Core Process = Combat
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Range of Results Based on Strength
Brought to Bear
Der Weltkrieg Combat Results Table
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Complexityvs
Playability
The Big Trade-Off in Wargames
Der Weltkrieg GameTurn Sequence
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A Relatively Complex GameTurn Sequence(and this isn’t even all of it)
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Hexside Based Terrain System
Triples Amount of Terrain Info on Map
without adding much to Complexity
Der Weltkrieg Map Detail
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Core Issues for Simulations
• Critical or Bottleneck Resources
• Fundamental Cause/Effect Relationships
• Core Processes
• Clear Picture of Operating Environment
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Gaining the Advantage in Business
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In Conclusion• Wargames are Essential to Gaining Insight &
Understanding
• We must actively Promote more Wargame Use
• Wargaming must be a Required Skill in the Military
• Businesses need Realistic Simulations of their Operations
• Businesses must Train Decision Makers to use Simulations
• Businesses should use Simulations to Evaluate Leadership Potential