OFMOS / Breaking Short-Termism

A project in San Francisco, CA by Cristian Mitreanu
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Fun game, Simple model, Deeper understanding... Better World in a Box!
Backers: 18
Average Pledge Per Backer: $43

Funded: $772 of $25,000
Dates: Dec 11th -> Feb 9th (60 days)
Project By: Cristian Mitreanu
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Latest News

OFMOS — A Powerful Tool in Business Education, Executive Training, and Beyond

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers! With a few hours left in this campaign, I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU! Although the funding goal was not reached, the effort has provided a few valuable lessons. So, we will be back... in one way or another. In the meantime, I... (Read More)

Profit — "the root of all evil" — is the top performance metric in the long run

January 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The profit theme has always had a bit of a negative connotation. But we have to be careful about the nuances. For a company to survive, it has to be able to pay the bills, at the very least. And if we look over a horizon of decades or even hundreds... (Read More)

Richard Feynman's "Mayan student" adds some perspective to the OFMOS worldview

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
OFMOS, as a model that explains how corporations evolve over very long periods of time, looks little like the concepts and theories that you might find in the mainstream management or strategy books. And that's because it is indeed a new worldview... (Read More)

What do the simulation's ACTIONS really mean?

January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Another key fact about OFMOS is that its mechanics were developed not by mix-and-matching some popular game mechanics, but by distilling a theoretical model that explains how corporations evolve over long periods of time. In other words, what... (Read More)

Scenarios (Player Mods): Your Own Industries

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy New Year! And thank you for your support! For the reminder of the campaign, I would like to share with you a few cool things about this "mechanical business simulation." And I will start with one type of customization: YOUR OWN INDUSTRIES.... (Read More)

Why do cars get bigger and bigger? [Learning Powered by OFMOS]

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Why do cars (have to) get bigger and bigger?... To combat the natural phenomena of commoditization, which is driven by human nature on the customer side. Here's a brief explanation using one of the most successful (and oldest) car models on the... (Read More)

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