The Publisher's Decision — Boardroom Simulation | IALE Institute

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The Publisher's Decision
Technology strategy · an IALE Institute boardroom simulation
1 · Board inputs2 · Future state 20243 · Corrective actions4 · Revised future
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2019 · The board meets
A new chair has just taken the seat. Print pays for everything; EdTech is arriving on data most learners cannot afford. Each seat posts one move and one line of reasoning. When all seven are in, generate the future.
Boardroom live — waiting for inputs

Meridian Press today — live board

Inputs received0 / 7

Numbers move provisionally as each seat posts. The real future only appears when you press the button.

The seven seats — click a seat to post its move

Private brief · three moves · one line of reasoning
Enabled once all seven seats have posted. You may override with at least 4 seats.

Work coming in

0 inputs
No inputs yet. The first move changes the numbers.

Scenario frame — where could South Africa drift?

Two uncertainties the board cannot control. Which corner is the company least ready for?

2024 · What Meridian Press became
Five years have passed. Three things happened that no forecast from 2019 contained. This is the company your board's decisions produced.

The board in 2024

What the world did — and how the board's moves held up

Where the country drifted

Which moves were robust, which were bets

Knowing what you know now — what would each seat change?
Corrective actions
Each seat may replace its 2019 move with one corrective action. Click the seat, choose the new move, say why. Seats that are happy stand pat.
Waiting for corrections

Seats — click to post a corrective action

Corrections0
Enabled after the first corrective action.

Corrections coming in

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No corrections yet.

Original 2024 position

2024 · Revised
The same five years, replayed with the corrected board. Original in grey, revised in colour.

Original vs revised

Trajectory 2019 → 2024

What changed, seat by seat

Debrief — the strategy questions