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I play D&D and started in the 80's. I've played in five different countries and currently DM one campaign and play in another. Many of the folks I play with are coders, entrepreneurs, and/or academics. 

I see D&D, and more broadly, role playing games as similar to the case method in that letting players take on roles of others can build empathy for other views, ideas, and perspectives. Perhaps the most interesting aspect I've seen is using this game as therapy for neurodivergent individuals. So, while I haven't harnessed it, there's clear potential for education, as many other disciplines have found: https://pace.indiana.edu/academics/games/index.html

I think one analog in entrepreneurship is the process of collective storytelling and creating something out of nothing. The big difference, of course, is that in reality we face constraints. But, in my experience, entrepreneurs, and their stakeholders, first collectively imagine what could be that's different from what is as they act. So, perhaps D&D could be a tool like design thinking to retrain our brains to think more entrepreneurially?

Or maybe it's just a nerdy hobby for those of us that read too much fantasy and horror growing up? :)

Just some ideas. Happy to run a session of D&D @ Babson or AOM if there's interest.

Best,

Jeff