Before you begin
This is a reconstruction of a real organizational failure
Between 2007 and 2010, Nokia's middle managers received signals about Symbian's competitive position that were technically accurate, strategically alarming, and organizationally difficult to surface. The peer-reviewed study by Vuori and Huy (2016), based on direct interviews with Nokia executives and engineers, documented how those signals were filtered, softened, and absorbed before they reached senior leadership.
The five signals in this simulation are drawn from documented accounts. The three choices available at each decision point reflect the real behavioral options available to Nokia's managers. The consequences shown are what the historical record produced.
Your task is not to judge Nokia. Your task is to discover what choices you would have made, and whether your choices would have produced a different outcome.