ProfitAbility UK
ProfitAbility Business Simulations Ltd
Stables 1, Howbery Park, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA
Phone - +44 (0)1491 821900
Email - info@profitability.com
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Experience Workshop?
One day Experience Workshops are held regularly in the UK and US markets, and by our partners in other geographic locations. They allow decision-makers (preferably accompanied by potential participants) to experience a dynamic, compressed timescale, competitive, resource intensive and business centric programme.
You will be able to assess our approach, along with peers from a range of other businesses, and examine the range of modules available - or begin to plan the design of one for your specific organisation or team.
How can I experience a ProfitAbility simulation first hand?
Just call us! Come and see one of our programmes in action. Once we understand your business need, we can organise an in-house demonstration / workshop. Subject to resource availability, we are happy to run this for you at cost, and then refund the cost of the demo day off the price of the final programme.
You can register online to attend a free Experience Workshop.
What size companies use ProfitAbility Business Simulations?
Typically, our clients are organisations with 3,000 or more employees. We serve many with over 100,000 people. If you are a smaller organisation, or have a discrete need – for example a conference or event – we have an extensive list of off the shelf modules available.
What specific solutions can you offer me?
ProfitAbility is a specialist learning services company, experts in using business simulations to enhance your curriculum. We have a bank of more than 100 ready-to-run simulations, including many industry-specific variants. All solutions are fully customisable to the needs of your business, and applicable to people at every level in your organisation.
Why should I include business simulations within my curriculum?
At least 20% of all learning should be experiential – learning by doing.
ProfitAbility business simulations accelerate learning, saving time and resources, and giving your training initiatives bite. Our business simulations address issues such as motivation, retention, transfer of skills, and measurement of training effectiveness.
Our tried-and tested methodology ensures rapid adoption and greater retention of skills and knowledge that directly impact your future business performance.
What types of company does ProfitAbility work with?
Any organisation with a learning and development budget, and that wants to rapidly improve their business.
We build on and blend with your learning curriculum, working with companies that require rapid learning and high retention solutions for business needs such as:
- Strategic planning and execution
- Leadership development
- Financial and business acumen
- Change & Transformation
- Handling difficult conversations.
Our focus is on profit and business improvement across every industry sector and geographic region.
What can ProfitAbility do for you?
Improve your Profit.
With a well proven learning process we ensure that every individual understands how to add value to the company they work for – they practice the process, experience the effectiveness of their actions and learn how to make a difference with their peers.
We design and develop business simulations that improve your people, operations and business.
What does ProfitAbility do?
Our teaching transforms people and businesses through experiential learning.
We provide a specialist experiential service to help you “Experience your business future“.
What does this mean? By recreating true-to-life business situations, we compress learning that takes years in the real world, to a matter of hours. By manipulating variables specific to your organisation, participants build a deep understanding of the drivers of business performance, and develop line-of-sight to a more profitable future.
How can contact you?
Call us on +44 (1491) 821900 or +1 (630) 303 4300 in the USA and speak to a member of the client team right now. Alternatively, email us your requirements, and we will respond at a time that is convenient to you
There are many experiential learning providers – why should I buy from you?
We are the global leaders in providing customised business simulations. Our track-record of working collaboratively with major organisations is second-to-none.
We work with major blue-chip organisations from Nestlé to Roche, Siemens to DLA Piper, as well as leading business schools. Not only do we have more than 25 years’ experience working with clients just like you – but we have innovation and design at the heart of our business, and are constantly innovating to provide better and more effective solutions
How long does it take to develop a customised simulation?
From a matter of hours to adapt a current program to whatever your complex needs demand. It entirely depends on your requirements. We will happily scope your requirements and give you an indication of what will be involved – with no obligation to buy.
After one of our free workshop days we will provide a quote within two days.
Can you provide simulations for conferences or events?
We can and regularly do provide content for management or sales conferences, or for leadership academies and events
My business is unique – how can you possibly build a simulation that’s right for my people?
This is our speciality. Our I & D (Innovation & Design) Team are experts in assessing specific needs and rapidly designing modules for you to test and amend by experience.
Innovation and Design is at the very heart of our business. Our I&D team includes a combined experience in learning and development of more than a hundred years, and includes teachers, psychologists and instructional designers. With an I&D team member allocated to every client, we will constantly review your business needs and translate these into solutions to help you experience a more profitable business future.
Are your simulations available off-the-shelf?
We have more than 100 simulations, in various language versions, ready to run. Our experienced Innovation and Design team is able to quickly and cost-effectively rebrand and tweak these off-the-shelf solutions to better meet your requirements.
Why do you run mainly classroom based simulations?
Experience counts. It is the most efficient use of time and resources for the rapid adoption and retention of skills and knowledge when individuals are able to simulate real time business operations within the safe confines of their organisation and peers.
Well-crafted self-paced eLearning modules use good learning design and gamification principles, are engaging and have relevant content. Perfect when budget and logistical restraints dictate distance learning.
However - nothing compares with real life experience to accelerate the learning and make it stick. Interaction with peers, people working alongside and challenging one another, creates the best, richest, most energetic learning environment.
What is experiential learning
We use in-house trainers and coaches. Can they be certified to deliver ProfitAbility simulations?
Yes. We offer full training, accreditation, logistics and support to all in-house trainers to ensure the best participant experience at all times.
Does ProfitAbility deliver computer-based training?
Yes, however it is tightly coupled to our experiential learning modules.
Several ProfitAbility solutions use computers to support learning and classroom-based courses.
More Information
If you require pre-or post-course learning and support our continuously evolving e-learning solutions will enhance the power of our classroom based modules.
Do you cover international projects?
Yes – we have a global reach for all of our services and products.
ProfitAbility's learning design makes it possible to run cross-functional or cross-cultural teams, in any simulation. We ensure that in the early stages of the project, all language, market and cultural sensitivities are accommodated in the simulation design.
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