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Building your program

We settle the shape of the program, then ten things about the crisis your people will face. Everything saves as we go and the link stays live, so this can be finished later. The estimate and the buying route on the right move as the scope takes shape.

1 · What we are running

The standard program — two days A 90-minute module on how decisions actually get made — eight models, from the rational actor to groupthink — then scene-setting, the simulation itself, and a structured debrief that maps what your people did against what the models predict. Published rate Half day, from the library One existing scenario, run in an afternoon. The shortest route to seeing what this does in a room. No new scenario is written. Published rate · purchase-card range Executive education course — three days or more Several teaching modules built around one or more simulations, with readings, assessment and written feedback per participant. For a cohort you want to change rather than test. Quoted on the agreed design Something else — you tell me the shape Ten people at your location. Five if that is what you have. A shape that is not on this list. Describe it and we price it against the agreed design rather than against a menu. Quoted on the agreed design Advisory or analysis engagement No exercise. A geopolitical risk assessment, a red-team review of a plan you have already written, or independent analysis of a question you cannot get a straight answer to internally. Quoted on the agreed design Speaking or guest instruction A single session — a keynote, a guest lecture into an existing course, or a briefing to a leadership team. The shortest possible engagement. Quoted on the agreed design Special topic seminar — one day A named theme taught and then exercised the same day. Emerging technology and national security, coalition decision-making, escalation management, or a subject you name. Quoted on the agreed design

2 · The room

01Who is in the room, and at what echelon?

Names of seats, not people. Which staff sections, which commanders, and whether they sit as a national body, a command staff, a coalition committee or a corporate leadership team.

02What authorities do they hold, and what do they have to ask for?

The line between what this room can decide and what it must request is where most of the pressure comes from.

03Which allies, agencies or partners are in play?

Anyone the room has to consult, inform, or work around — including the ones who can say no.

3 · The crisis

04Region and adversary

Where it happens and who is on the other side. If the real answer is politically awkward, say so — that is often the reason to run it.

05Time horizon and clock speed

How far out the scenario is set, and how fast time moves in the room — hours compressed into minutes, or days into an afternoon.

06What decisions must they be forced to make?

The two or three calls the exercise exists to put in front of them. Everything else in the scenario is built to bring them to these.

07What do you want them to get wrong?

In your own words. Describe the mistake you have watched this staff make, or the one you are afraid they would make. Turning it into a mechanic is our job, not yours.

4 · Constraints and the record

08What does the sponsor need to see in the after-action report?

Who reads it, what they are deciding on the basis of it, and what would make it useless to them.

09Existing doctrine or plans it must not contradict

Anything the scenario would embarrass, pre-empt, or appear to critique. Name it now rather than in review.

10Classification limits on source material

Everything we build is unclassified and drawn from public sources. This asks the reverse question: is there anything you cannot even see referenced in an unclassified room?

5 · The buy

Who actually buys it Service or department Funds expire Period of performance Place of performance Client or command

6 · Scope

Scenario Number of deliveries Class size Cadre to certify Travel — not-to-exceed, at cost

Guest speakers Speaker tier Speaker attends

After-action report and assessment package, per delivery First engagement with this institution — 20% off list, once, non-recurring Custom video and imagery — no published rate, quoted separately