The Role of Games in Strategic Thinking

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Games are a way to build strategic thinking for entrepreneurs. "You want to have a theory about, okay, what is the way that I'm going to win the game? What are the challenges that I need to overcome in order to do it?" He says we're all homo-lutans and like Wittgenstein, language is actually a form of game playing.

How do you balance saving capital versus taking advantage of current opportunities? How do investors and founders evaluate risk differently? And how do you embrace disruptive new technology without sending the message that you’re replacing humans with robots? Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian answer these questions and more, all posed in a special live Strategy Session by entrepreneurs across many industries and stages of scale. Plus Reid shares how playing games can revolutionize the way you strategize as a leader.

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