Industrial economics training for competition strategy teams


38 closed cohorts since 2021
9.1 / 10 post-workshop facilitator scores (internal)
612 live facilitation hours last year
27 distinct case packs in rotation
84% teams reporting faster briefing cycles (survey)

What reviewers note

Editors who cover operational learning and enterprise strategy have highlighted how Antitrust Forge sequences cohort work: short pull-quotes below are drawn from those write-ups and dated for traceability. Each tab pairs a publication mark with the line that most often surfaced in reader mail, so you can see how outside observers characterize the studio without leaning on hype. We refresh this strip when new coverage appears, retire outdated language, and keep the tone analytical rather than promotional. The goal is to give your internal sponsors a credible third-party sentence they can paste into a one-pager, not to imply endorsement of your specific commercial decisions. Dates reflect original publication weeks.

“Antitrust Forge treats cohort facilitation like editorial design: each module ends with a single paragraph a committee can actually circulate.”

Industrial economics your committee can rehearse

  • Board-ready narratives before the appendix grows.
  • Merger simulations built for cross-functional pods, not solo analysts.
  • Quality standards rubrics that travel back to your slide decks.
Recent cohort signals
Signal Detail
Latest facilitator pass rate Teams rated materials clarity 9.1 / 10 on the post-module pulse.
Most cited exercise Margin-note rubric from the structure diagnostics lab.
Geographic mix Seoul headquarters pods plus remote anchors in Singapore and Sydney.
Open workbook on desk with pen, soft daylight for study session
Program tracks span structure, pricing, mergers, and facilitation craft.
Workbooks stay editable PDFs so your quality standards team can annotate.
Simulations emphasize narrative handoffs, not spreadsheet theatrics.

Objections we expect

Objection Direct answer
“We already hire advisors.” This training builds internal rehearsal capacity; it does not replace your counsel or external reviewers.
“Our calendars are packed.” Cohorts publish dates eight weeks ahead; async blocks exist for two modules per track.
“Executives hate theory.” Every week ends with a one-page storyline checkpoint, not an exam.
“We need bespoke data.” Exercises use instructor-supplied synthetic sets; your proprietary numbers stay offline.

Teams that rehearse with us ship fewer surprise escalations.

Hanaro Rail Components

Faster alignment memos between engineering and policy.

BlueRiver Group

Shared vocabulary for pricing committee dry runs.

LumenGrid Telecom

Merger storyline decks trimmed before board review.

Vertex Mobility Labs

Cross-org workflow map adopted as default escalation path.

Waitlist for the next studio block

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Backlog

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Qualification

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Tools we design around

Facilitation assumes common enterprise stacks; we do not imply endorsement by vendors. The grid lists what cohorts typically screen-share during exercises.

Collaboration surfaces

  • Miro-style whiteboards (PDF export always available)
  • Shared drives your IT team already approves
  • Markdown-first outlines for version control

Analytics hygiene

  • Notebook environments for synthetic labs
  • CSV bundles with documented column meanings
  • Activity logs maintained by your ops lead, not ours

Join the teams that finished dry runs this week

Thirty-one strategists across six organizations completed facilitator critiques between Monday and Thursday this week. That volume keeps discussion boards lively and surfaces new edge-case questions for everyone.

Next step Best for
Schedule a call Leaders comparing two programs for the same quarter.
Compare tracks Leads who already know their pain point vocabulary.

Quarterly field notes

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