Three ways to play the same book. Climb the platformer and answer to refuel.
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← → to move, Space to jump, ↓ + Space to drop through. Use the on-screen controls to run and jump. Orbs ask a question; a correct answer refuels the climb.
What's inside
21 maps, 101 characters and 345 questions, all generated from the book.
Breakfast Factory Forest
Learn the black box model of production through a simple breakfast-making analogy.
5 characters · 17 questions
Caverns of Leading Indicators
Discover how forecasting signals predict future output and demand.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ruins of Managerial Leverage
Understand how a manager's actions multiply the output of others.
5 characters · 17 questions
Desert of Batching and Set-Up
Explore how batching tasks reduces costly managerial set-up time.
5 characters · 17 questions
Castle of Planning and Demand
Match future output to projected demand through structured planning.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ocean of Production Flow
Trace the flow of materials and work through a production process.
5 characters · 17 questions
Volcano of Inspection Points
Learn where and how to catch defects at the lowest-value stage.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ice Fields of Quality Control
Study methods to assure acceptable quality at minimum cost.
5 characters · 17 questions
Forest of Free Market Control
Examine market-based mechanisms for coordinating production.
5 characters · 17 questions
Castle of Contractual Obligation
Understand control through formal agreements and obligations.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ruins of Cultural Values
Explore how shared values guide behavior without formal rules.
5 characters · 17 questions
Cave of the One-on-One
Master individual meetings as tools for information sharing and leverage.
5 characters · 17 questions
Desert of Staff Meetings
Learn how peer interaction in group meetings drives decisions.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ocean of Performance Reviews
Navigate the challenges of assessing and delivering performance feedback.
5 characters · 17 questions
Volcano of Assessing Performance
Balance objectivity and judgment when evaluating professional work.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ice Palace of Delegation
Learn to delegate authority while maintaining accountability.
5 characters · 17 questions
Forest of Decision-Making
Study structured approaches to group and individual decision-making.
5 characters · 17 questions
Castle Hierarchy of Organization
Explore organizational structure and its effect on motivation.
5 characters · 17 questions
Ruins of Hybrid Organizations
Understand the balance between functional and mission-oriented structures.
5 characters · 17 questions
Cave of Time Management
Treat a manager's time as a scheduling and production problem.
5 characters · 17 questions
Desert of Motivation and Teams
Discover how motivation drives team performance and output.
1 characters · 5 questions
How the book becomes practice
Reading puts ideas in. Retrieval keeps them there. The game is the retrieval.
Walk the world of the book
21 maps, one per part of the book. Signs along the way hold its key ideas, so the walk itself is a refresher.
Battle the characters
101 characters, each a short quiz on one idea. Answer well and the map opens up; a boss guards the end of each one.
Missed ideas come back
Every question you get wrong is re-asked in rematches and boss fights, and the Flashcards mode schedules it with spaced repetition, until you get it right. That is the part that makes it stick.
Keep what you learn
Sign up for free and your demo progress, XP, best tower stage and flashcard schedules move to your account. Come back whenever a chapter starts to fade.