Overview
Project management under pressure.
The Sustainable Futures Lab (SFL) tests the project-management and crisis-decision skills at the heart of a modern assessment day. Select your scenario, weigh competing options and steer a programme to a defensible outcome within the time limit.
Two formats, one purchase. Every run lets you choose: the classic 20-minute question lab — 13 project-management questions against the clock — or the 30-minute team lab, where you lead a four-person research team through three field days of stations, intelligence triage, live decisions and daily reviews, then read a full debrief scored out of 100.
Our recreation keeps the structure of the real thing while giving you a clear, repeatable lab to practise in.
- ✓Two real formatsThe 20-minute question lab and the new 30-minute team lab — pick either, every run.
- ✓Scenario-basedEach run draws from the Sustainable Futures theme.
- ✓Timed decision-makingKeep pace under real time pressure.
- ✓Runs counterYour session increments clearly against your allowance.
- ✓Fits the bundleIncluded with all five McKinsey tools.
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Inside the lab
Inside a Team lab day — assignments, decisions and the review.
Pricing
Practise the lab, your way.
Try the Sustainable Futures Lab standalone — both formats included — or fold it into the all-tools McKinsey bundle.
Standalone
- 3 runs of the full test
- AI-scored report after every run
- Runs never expire
- Pick up on any device
- Free 3-minute trial available
McKinsey bundle
- Ecosystem Solver
- Sea Wolf Solver
- Sea Wolf Simulation
- Sustainable Futures Lab — both formats included
- Redrock Simulation
An attempt is one full timed run of the tool. Each product gives you 3, and you can re-run freely inside an attempt you've already opened. Prices include taxes; payment is handled securely by Stripe.
Preparing for more than one firm? Everything — £40 covers every McKinsey, BCG and Bain tool plus Case Ace.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
How close is the Sustainable Futures Lab to the real thing?
It mirrors the real lab's format: a timed, 13-question project-management simulation with prioritisation, stakeholder and crisis decisions — plus the 30-minute team lab, included. Scored server-side with a personalised AI feedback report. An independent recreation: same pressure, never the official content.
How do the runs work?
Your purchase lives on your account: three runs of Sustainable Futures Lab, unlocked the moment payment completes. Open the tool, confirm the entry prompt, and one run is consumed — re-run freely within that open session. Buy Sustainable Futures Lab or fold it into the McKinsey bundle.
Do my runs expire?
No. Runs stay on your account until you use them — buy now, practise when your assessment is scheduled. Only entering the tool consumes a run; within an open session you can re-run as often as you like.
Is there a refund guarantee?
Yes — for the McKinsey bundle: use every tool in it, and if McKinsey rejects you with a score below the 8th decile, you get a full refund within 30 days of purchase. This tool on its own is a single-product purchase, outside the guarantee: read the terms.