THE SCENARIO ROOM
Your members don't need another innovation speaker. They need a way through.
Half-day, gamified simulation workshops for trade association conferences and member meetings. Custom-built for the specific disruption your industry is facing right now.
85%
of participants said they want to do it again — after just one session.
“Yes, it was uncomfortable...but we need to be more uncomfortable.””
Members play, think, and most importantly collaborate with people they might not normally.
Through team game-play, they discover what's actually possible.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ROOM
FORMAT
WHAT YOU GET
I build each Scenario Room from scratch around your industry's real pressures: tariffs, generational cliffs, AI adoption, supply chain volatility, and workforce change. Members aren't watching a presentation. They're playing a specific role as they move through a simulation game, making decisions under time pressure, and hitting the same walls they hit in real life.
By the time the team debriefs begin, the people in the room have been through something together. That changes the quality of every conversation that follows, at the conference and long after.
Half-day workshop, 30–500 participants, designed for your annual conference
Custom scenario design, game play pieces (printouts, cards, etc.), full game facilitation, structured debrief, and participant takeaways
Proof
SPESA Annual Conference · Chicago · 2025
Forty machinery suppliers and manufacturers played through a 2030 nearshoring scenario under time pressure.
Every team produced something unexpected — wearable tech for first responders, circular supply chains built for Gen Z, products designed for resilience over speed. Not one pitched commodity products like you’d find on the market today.
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
The Scenario Room is built for associations like yours if...
Your members are navigating real disruption and need more than information to move forward
You want your conference to generate genuine peer connection that translates to member value, not just networking small talk
You're tired of speakers who talk about trends but leave members without actionable steps they can apply after the event
You want the session members to specifically ask to come back to next year
Let's talk about your next conference.
Tell me about your association and your next event. I work with a focused number of associations each year. If it's a fit, I'll come back with specific ideas for your members.