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About Strategy Quest

The time to learn strategy isn't when millions are at stake.

Pilots train in a simulator before they fly. Business leaders get their first real practice on the job, with real money and real careers on the line. We think that's backwards.

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A safe space to practise strategy.

We build hyper-realistic business simulations so innovation professionals, consultants and executives can practise the real growth levers — building new ventures, open innovation, corporate venture capital, M&A — without risking their career on the first attempt.

Our AI-powered platform reflects the complexity, the uncertainty and the pressure of a true business environment. It feels real. There is zero real-world risk.

2025every simulation starts in 2025 and plays out over the years that follow
Quintayour AI-powered non-executive director, who gives the feedback
Fictionalevery person inside a simulation — always

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Three phases. One organisation your team will not forget.

Design phase Phase 1

Design

We create a simulation that reflects your organisation: its ecosystem, its industry dynamics and the innovation levers that actually matter to you. A new company in a real market, one built from scratch, or one based on a specific organisation.

Simulate phase Phase 2

Simulate

The simulation evolves over multiple rounds. Participants navigate stakeholder emails and calls, competitive pressure and market shifts, year after year — and every decision has consequences in the next round.

Grow phase Phase 3

Grow

Participants get feedback from Quinta, our AI-powered non-executive director, and watch the consequences of their strategic choices unfold. That is where the learning sticks.

Founders

Two people who spent years leading innovation inside large organisations — and wanted a better way to practise it.

Stephen Parkins

Stephen Parkins

Co-founder & CEO

Former derivatives trader and entrepreneur, with innovation leadership roles at SGS and ABN AMRO Bank. Publishes the "Culture for Lunch" newsletter.

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Jasper Verbeek

Jasper Verbeek

Co-founder & CCO

Ten years in marketing and innovation. Coached and trained over 100 corporate teams and startups, and co-created the DARE innovation framework at ABN AMRO Bank. Builds the platform.

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The cast

Hundreds of executives. None of them real.

Every organisation we simulate gets its own leadership team, generated with a face, a role, an agenda and a memory of what you said to them. They are the reason the simulation feels real — and the reason nobody's reputation is ever on the line.

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