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Essays from the founders

Long-form writing on where management education is going, from the people building the tools. Written for faculty and academic leaders deciding what to teach with next.

Essay · September 2026 · 7 min read

From Product Manager to Product Builder

AI has removed most of the handoffs between the person who understands the customer and the product. Here is how building YieldForge differed from building DigiStrat.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · September 2026 · 11 min read

Barriers to Adopting Simulations, and Getting to Zero Friction

Most faculty believe simulations work, and most do not use them. The friction sits at every step of adoption, and it can be designed away.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · September 2026 · 8 min read

When Case Studies Are Not Enough

A case teaches one decision, taken once, argued from the outside. Management is a sequence of decisions taken from the inside. Here is where a simulation teaches more.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · September 2026 · 9 min read

What Makes a Simulation Great

Designing a simulation resembles directing a film far more than building a spreadsheet, with one difference: the audience plays the protagonist.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · September 2026 · 9 min read

What Is an AI-Native Simulation?

Adding a chatbot to a thirty-year-old engine does not make a simulation AI-native. Here are the six characteristics that do, drawn from building the Pedagogix SIMS titles.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · July 2026 · 8 min read

Giving Teaching Back to Teachers

The administrative load in teaching crowds out the time I get to spend with students. Here is how an AI-native operating system for the course returns the hours, while keeping me in control of every decision that matters.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →
Essay · July 2026 · 9 min read

Why I Am Disrupting My Own Bestselling Simulations

More than 24,000 seats of my simulations have been sold through Harvard Business Publishing. Here is why I am disrupting my own simulations.

Mohanbir SawhneyCo-founder & Chairman, Pedagogix Read →