The leadership simulation for the AI era
A program brief for L&D · Lyons International
The problem
Your leaders are about to run teams that are half human, half AI.
Most have never practiced it. The common mistake — bolting AI onto an unhealthy or misaligned team — makes things worse, faster. And you can't see how someone leads through AI under pressure until it's a real division at stake.
Why now

The rollout already happened. The value didn't.

97%
of leaders rolled out AI agents this year
79%
say they still can't get real value from it
50%+
of executives say the rollout is straining the company
The gap isn't the technology, it's leadership, and no incumbent sim teaches it. This is open ground.
The model

Three stages of AI leverage. Most teams try to skip to the last one.

1 · Horse

add

AI does the work you point it at. Real gains, one task at a time. The stage almost everyone skips.

2 · Engine

multiply

AI multiplies a healthy, aligned team. One engine does the work of a whole stable.

3 · Rocket

compound

The system compounds and leaves the ground. The exponential curve, earned rather than assumed.

The trap, the Phantom Multiplier: an engine screaming in neutral, all noise and no traction, because the team underneath can't transmit the power. Strap a rocket to a wagon and you shatter the wagon.
What it is

Run a division for two years — in about three hours.

The one lesson
AI leverage multiplies organizational health.
It doesn't add to it.
Leaders leave having felt it — once by doing it wrong, once by doing it right. The most valuable thing they learn is that you can't automate your way out of an unhealthy organization.
What leaders walk out able to do
Why the ROI is real

Built around the debrief — the part that changes behavior.

It observes decisions under pressure instead of teaching content. Up to half the session is structured reflection. Every leader leaves with a written, back-at-work commitment, followed up at 30/60/90 days — the transfer signal CLOs actually track. Outcomes, not completions.
Who it's for

One program, four audiences.

High-Potentials — stretch + readiness signalSenior Executives — AI-governance alignmentNew / Mid Managers — leading through people & AIIntact Teams — offsite, real dynamics
Delivered in three overlays over the same mechanics · in-person or virtual · parallel or competitive.
Licensing

Start small. Scale internally.

Seat / Cohort

$250–750 / seat

Or ~$6–18K per cohort. The place to start — a program or a pilot.

Enterprise

$40–150K / yr

Unlimited internal runs, custom config, admin + billing console.

Certification

$1.5–3K / facilitator

Certify your team to deliver it at scale — and a learning-partner path.

See it land with your leaders. Book a pilot cohort.
The lowest-risk way to feel the experience and the debrief before you commit — and creditable toward a full rollout.
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EXPONENT · Lyons International · exponent-sim.vercel.app