Created by global leadership expert Clark Aldrich.
Clark Aldrich
About Clark Aldrich

Aldrich is a global expert on growing leaders, who has worked with C-level executives from scores of the world’s most influential organizations, including at the NSA where he served on the board and held Top Secret Clearance. The former Gartner analyst who founded their eLearning coverage – and Training Magazine columnist – Aldrich also has written six books on pedagogy (several of which are taught at the post-graduate level).

His published written work has been at the forefront of: eLearning (Gartner Research, starting 1997); simulation- and game-based learning (Simulation and the Future of Learning, 2003); microschools (Unschooling Rules, 2011); action-based learning through concise scenarios (Short Sims, 2020); and heroic tribes (tba, 2026).

And his products—award- and patent-winning pioneers of actionable and experiential learning, which have been covered extensively including by The New York Times, ABC, CBS, NPR, ESPN, and CNN—follow two branches:

• Aldrich has created over 100 educational simulations and computer-based serious games. This work culminated in the revolutionary, democratizing pedagogy of Short Sims, which makes simulation design accessible to any creator for any learner on any topic.

• Aldrich also creates real-world based experiential learning. His latest and most transformative is Socratic Cards, which role models and enables the next generation's vision for education and work.