Power Games is an experiential exercise that challenges leaders to confront their own social biases and sharpen their ability to navigate power dynamics in high stakes settings. Through a social experiment on gender, emotion, and authority, participants see how men’s anger is often read as confidence, while women’s is dismissed as emotional.
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Published 10 Feb 2026
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Power Games is an experiential exercise that challenges leaders to confront their own social biases and sharpen their ability to navigate power dynamics in high stakes settings. Through a social experiment on gender, emotion, and authority, participants see how men’s anger is often read as confidence, while women’s is dismissed as emotional.
In this simulation, learners step into the role of senior leaders at Zing, a global beverage company. The story begins with the sudden resignation of Tamara Jameson, Zing’s Product Innovation Officer and one of its most senior female executives. In her formal statement, she cited feelings of marginalization and a lack of true inclusion.
In this simulation, learners step into the role of senior leaders at Zing, a global beverage company. The story begins with the sudden resignation of Tamara Jameson, Zing’s Product Innovation Officer and one of its most senior female executives. In her formal statement, she cited feelings of marginalization and a lack of true inclusion.
In this immersive experience, learners will compete for a coveted slot in a prestigious virtual social club. Both the participant and the opponent try to maximize their credits which will determine their potential to be accepted. In order to accomplish this, they will have to trust, but will they find it in themselves to do so when the opponent is very different from them?
In this immersive experience, learners will compete for a coveted slot in a prestigious virtual social club. Both the participant and the opponent try to maximize their credits which will determine their potential to be accepted. In order to accomplish this, they will have to trust, but will they find it in themselves to do so when the opponent is very different from them?
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed a great deal how national leaders cope with rapid change and make decisions with far-reaching consequences at a time of uncertainty. Not only have they struggled with the unpredictability of the pandemic but with the intricacies of intra-national and international politics.
In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin Millepied was caught in a storm of controversy.
In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin Millepied was caught in a storm of controversy.
Economic Sociology, Organisations, Social Capital, Inequality, Social Networks