SimuRise partnered with a Big 4 firm to deliver its largest leadership transformation initiative — seven programs across nine cities, engaging nearly 1,000 leaders, managers, and associates. Spanning Pan-India locations including Chennai, Kochi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Colombo, and Manila, plus a virtual session reaching Poland, the initiative combined immersive business simulations with structured reflection and action planning. Each program drove measurable behavioural shifts around ownership, collaboration, AI readiness, and a winning mindset. Executed with zero delays and zero defects, SimuRise transported over 125 kg of simulation material across cities while maintaining consistent learning quality — proving that experiential transformation scales without compromising depth or impact.
Introduction
One of the Big 4 firms partnered with SimuRise to deliver a large-scale leadership transformation initiative across multiple geographies. The engagement comprised seven programs, one virtual and six in-person, reaching over 1,000 leaders, managers, and associates.
The programs were successfully delivered across Pan-India locations, with the virtual session
extending the impact to participants in Poland, ensuring a consistent and high-quality learning experience across regions.
Executive Overview:
SimuRise partnered with a Big 4 firm to design and deliver its largest leadership transformation initiative to date, engaging close to 1,000 Leaders, Managers, and Associates across multiple cities and formats.
This was a series of cohesive leadership workshops in which teams experienced, reflected on, and internalised what it truly means to play to win, collaborate deeply, embrace AI, and lead with ownership and accountability.
Business Need
The organisation required a leadership experience that could:
- Create consistent learning outcomes across geographies
- Move beyond awareness into behavioural realisation
- Enable leaders to understand how they show up under pressure
- Encourage practical thinking around AI adoption and future readiness
- Build a winning mindset grounded in collaboration and accountability
The complexity lay not only in scale but also in ensuring depth of learning, regardless of whether teams joined virtually or in person.
Phase 1:
Virtual Leadership Kickoff, Diamonds of Amazonia business simulation Participants
97 team members from Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Trivandrum, and Poland
Experience Design
SimuRise curated the Diamonds of Amazonia virtual business simulation to enable leaders to play together and win, despite their geographic dispersion.
The virtual format, executed seamlessly on Zoom, exceeded expectations and built strong momentum for the in-person programs that followed.
Phase 2:
In-Person Leadership Programs – Pan-India Rollout
Each location followed a full-day immersive structure:
Morning: Our flagship business simulation – The Search for the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
Afternoon: Self Leadership through Square Wheels, Round Wheels – reflection, alignment, and action planning
Across locations, one theme was consistent:
Teams reflected deeply on their own behaviours to become a better version of themselves.
Chennai | 68 Participants
Chennai marked the first in-person rollout and set the foundation for the
journey.
Kochi | 202 Participants
With over 200 leaders, Kochi demonstrated how experiential learning scales without losing impact.
Bengaluru | 192 Participants
Bengaluru brought strong strategic thinking and innovation into focus.
Gurgaon | 2 Programs | 419 Participants
The most execution-intensive phase was delivered seamlessly across two programs.
Phase 3:
Colombo | 95 Participants
Colombo highlighted cross-cultural collaboration and engagement, with leaders actively immersing themselves in the experience.
Manila | 103 Participants
Manila showcased high energy and participation, reinforcing how universal Leadership principles transcend geographies.
Experience Highlights:
- Participants clearly saw the power of collaboration over individual brilliance
- AI adoption discussions resurfaced, with leaders connecting technology to better planning and execution.
- Leaders observed how ownership and accountability (or the lack of it) directly impacted outcomes
- Debriefs focused on translating simulation behaviour into becoming a better version of themselves
Behavioural Shifts Observed Across All Locations
Across virtual and in-person programs, leaders demonstrated:
- Ownership & Accountability: Moving from role-based thinking to outcome-based
leadership - Playing to Win: Understanding that winning requires alignment, speed,
and shared purpose - Collaboration: Recognising that collective intelligence outperforms
individual effort - Embracing AI: Seeing technology as an enabler, not a threat, through peer-driven
discussions - Self-Leadership: Honest reflection on how personal behaviours impact
team performance - The simulations made these realisations undeniable because teams
embraced them.
Operational Excellence at Scale:
- Executing this initiative required precision, planning, and resilience:
- Multi-city travel and logistics across Chennai, Kochi, Bengaluru, and Gurgaon
- Over 125 kg of simulation material was transported across locations
- Nearly 1,000 participants engaged and empowered
- Zero delays, zero defects
- Consistent learning quality across every location
Post-Program Continuity:
For every cohort, SimuRise delivered:
- Structured action-planning documents
- Clear learning summaries aligned to business priorities
- Timely submissions enabling the client to drive follow-through
- This ensured learning transitioned from experience to execution
Why Organisations Trust SimuRise for Large-Scale Leadership Programs?
SimuRise stands apart because we:
- Surface real leadership behaviour under pressure
- Combine simulated learning experiences with deep reflection
- Enable peer-to-peer learning, not just facilitator-led coaching sessions
- Execute complex, multi-location programs with precision
- Deliver learning that leaders remember, discuss, and apply
- Help organisations achieve their business outcomes.
Conclusion:
This Big 4 engagement represents the largest and most complex project ever executed by SimuRise and is a clear demonstration of Team SimuRise’s capability to deliver enterprise-wide leadership transformation at scale.
- The learning was embraced.
- The behaviours were reflected upon.
- The impact was real.
About the Facilitator:
This leadership intervention was designed and led by Solomon Salvis, CEO of SimuRise Learning, an experiential leadership architect with decades of hands-on experience managing and delivering large-scale, multi-location leadership programs from strategy to execution.
Solomon personally facilitated the sessions along with his awesome team, Chintan, Mihir, Annie, Shawn, and Kush, across locations, bringing together business context, real-world leadership challenges, and immersive learning experiences. His distinctive high-energy facilitation style, powerful storytelling, and deep business acumen consistently draw participants in, keeping leaders and managers are fully engaged while prompting meaningful reflection and decisive action.
What sets Solomon apart is his ability to translate leadership concepts into lived experiences. Through compelling personal journeys and business-relevant narratives, he challenges leaders to rethink their assumptions, strengthen accountability, embrace agility, and make better decisions under pressure. These stories stay with participants long after the program ends, shifting mindsets and inspiring leaders to move from intent to execution.
Organisations that engage Solomon do not just run leadership programs; they spark measurable change. Leaders walk away aligned, energised, and committed to applying what they have learned to drive performance, collaboration, and sustainable business outcomes.
Planning a Large-Scale Leadership Intervention?
If your organisation needs a partner who can design immersive, scalable, and behaviour-driven leadership experiences, SimuRise is ready. Reach out to us at marketing@simurise.com, call Annie: +91 9082381193, or visit us at www.simurise.com
Testimonials:
Jeroen Spruyt – President Of Agfa Radiology
It was very interesting to see how the business simulation brought us back to the essentials of trying to win and improve our performance. The key insight from my experience includes thinking outside the box, questioning, and bending the rules when necessary.
Michael Goodman – Owner & General Counsel of Sherwood Lumber
The experience taught us how to truly work together, listening and learning from one another, and leaning on collective strengths. Experiential, game-based learning made the impact powerful and real. Highly recommended for teams focused on growth.
