Black Swans - Simply the Best Professional Development That Money Can’t Buy

black swans is a member-based organisation that provides professional development through involvement in business war games and other experiential learning programmes. the black swans provide the ‘market elements’ of simulations in roles ranging from competitors to customers, media and government agencies. in torquepoint (our sister company at torquepoint.nz) business war games, the black swans explore and test the clients’ strategy to see if they have the resilience to withstand ‘black swan’ (i.e. rare and unpredictable) events. they also assist from time to time on torquepoint experiential learning programmes (‘elps), where the learning requires some wild card players. there are many benefits including being part of a rapidly growing peer to peer coaching and mentoring professional network as well as a great social network. can you think of someone in your organisation who has done it all in terms of qualifications, courses and experience? what on earth do you do to develop them and