Being strapped for money or time can make us myopic to the larger picture and the slack we need to build in in order to be able to step up to challenges and opportunities that come our way.

Where do our decisions come from? The rationalistic model says it takes deduction, analysis and comparison. The naturalistic model says it takes experience, intuition and mental simulation.

Organizations may get caught up in internally directed complexities at the cost of lack of focus on customer, markets, partners, competitor and regulations.

At times we and our organizations may feel like being in a rut. What served us well in the past, may not be the right answer for the future. Games can be used to break out of our rut and progress toward new goals.

Talent is not for the few, it is for all of us. The narrow focus on classical IQ based talent and on the young star performer needs to be widened to help us grow in business as well as society.