Practice skills, decisions, and critical thinking benefits learning in two important ways. First, there is the practical benefit of putting knowledge to work in a real world example where perfect circumstances don’t exist. Second, case studies give your team the opportunity to gain confidence in solving issues before the stakes are too high. 

We often say that you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to others and work together to solve a problem or create new solutions. Within three levels of case studies, participants begin with developing a basic category plan, then a more comprehensive one that provides recommendations for a Retailer, and finally to test their advanced skills with multiple data sources.

Teams and individuals can work separately or together, and have the opportunity to present findings to their peers and/or a senior management panel in a live or webinar session. This highly effective approach also builds presentation skills for participants.