Bissim in practice
Bissim has been used to develop commercial and financial acumen, explore leadership and professional judgement, and as the basis for recruitment and assessment.
Commercial Acumen & Professional Judgement
Addleshaw Goddard
Working with Addleshaw Goddard, we tailored a version of Bissim to help in-house lawyers experience business from the perspective of their commercial colleagues and explore the tensions between business aims and compliance with the law.
UBS
Graduate trainees used Bissim to explore commercial and financial acumen while developing presentation skills and team behaviour.
Costain and Raytheon have also used Bissim on commercial acumen programmes.
Financial Acumen
Lyreco
Programmes co-facilitated with the Finance Director helped sales teams understand how their decisions and behaviour affected financial performance.
Aston University
Different versions of Bissim have been used with undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA and Exec. Ed. students to practise & apply accounting principles.
Pera and Warwick Business School have also used Bissim on financial acumen programmes.
Leadership
AAH Pharmaceuticals
Bissim provided a realistic environment in which the management team and senior leaders explored strategy, decision making and behaviour under commercial pressure.
Unilever
A tailored version of Bissim helped Finance Directors explore business partnering, decision making, behaviour and organisational change.
Arla and RBS have also used Bissim on leadership programmes.
Assessment
Rolls-Royce
Bissim formed the core of assessment centres, providing a realistic environment in which behaviours could be observed against the organisation's competency framework.
McKinsey
Bissim was used with potential new hires as part of an assessment process. Observers could see how candidates behaved in a pressured commercial environment. It also gave participants insights into the world of McKinsey and their clients and what it might look & feel like to give advice.
Barclays and Johnson & Johnson have also used Bissim for assessment.
What could Bissim look like for you?
You've seen some of the different ways Bissim has been used. You can explore how the simulation works, or talk to us about what it might look like in your organisation.