What We’re Playing: The Making of The President
Title:
The Making of The President
Publisher: Z-Man Games
Price: $44.99
Reviewer: Claudine McClean
 The United States Presidential election doesn’t happen until November, but with the most interesting primary season for decades it looks set to be a fascinating battle. The election of 1960 fought between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy was a close and hard fought campaign, with the economy, defence and civil rights driving the news agenda and the electorate looking not only at the policies, but also the religious background of each candidate. Plus ça change.
The game based on the election places players in charge of a candidate’s campaign, choosing when and where to campaign, how to utilise advertising and endorsements, taking on key policies or opting for the populist approach of visiting every state.
Whilst it can be tempting to dominate popularity in as many states as possible, turning the map of the USA blue or red, the reality of the Electoral College system means that some states are more important than others, and controlling New York and Illinois is more likely to get you elected than dominance in a dozen of the flyover states. Yet the benefits derived from positive momentum mean that ignoring smaller states can damage your overall ability to compete.
Managers in organisation can face similar issues of prioritisation, with fifty different things to think about, where is their time and energy best focused? It’s a mistake to think that everything and everyone can be given equal attention, some things are more important than others, but that importance is not always clear, particularly with competing objectives.
To ensure truly world class performance managers need to understand the key drivers of success in their organisation along with their interdependencies, only then can they be clear about what is truly important and where they can best add value.
If your organisation is struggling to apply talent effectively, talk to Predaptive about our 6Corners™ Model and how it can help you to gain clarity of purpose.
Claudine McClean
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