▶ Short Sims are designed and built by Clark Aldrich
More than two decades ago, in his award-winning 2005 book Learning by Doing, Clark Aldrich identified four dominant types of simulations:
- branching stories
- interactive spreadsheets
- virtual products
- game-based models
Each had strengths, but also significant weaknesses. Over the following 15+ years, Aldrich refined, combined, and pressure-tested these simulations in real organizational settings, with real constraints. What emerged was a single, coherent pedagogy, SCORM compliant and buildable using industry standard tools.
The result is Short Sims.
Clark Aldrich partners with organizations at the cutting edge of leadership and experiential learning, then amalgamates those innovations for broader audiences. He has worked with C-level executives across top global institutions, including serving on the NSA board with Top Secret Clearance, and previously founded Gartner's eLearning coverage. A former Training Magazine columnist and author of six books—several taught at the post-graduate level—he now offers Socratic Cards, his most powerful and elegant approach to experiential leadership. Full bio here.