Our Survival Simulation activities require team members to work together effectively to deal with life-threatening situations. These simulations can be used as icebreakers, to establish Constructive norms within a new work group, or to introduce members to the value of synergy or to gauge their synergistic problem-solving skills.
It’s a hot August day and your plane has just crash-landed in the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States.
Rank 15 items salvaged from the plane in the order of their importance to your team’s survival, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 1.5 to 2.5 hours.
On your way home from Acapulco, your chartered plane experiences engine trouble and crash-lands somewhere in the Sonoran Desert in the Southwestern United States.
Identify your four greatest problems and the best strategy for your survival. Then, decide on the criticality of and best use for 16 items salvaged from the crash, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 2.5 to 3.5 hours.
22 air miles east of your intended destination, your float plane crashes on the east shore of Laura Lake, in the subarctic region of the northern Quebec-Newfoundland border.
Rank 15 items salvaged from the plane in the order of their importance to your team’s survival. The simulation takes 1.5 to 2.5 hours
You and your group are on holiday in the Dandenong Ranges just east of Melbourne, Australia, when you suddenly notice a bushfire approaching.
Rank 12 items in the order of their importance to your team’s survival, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 1.5 to 2 hours.
Your group is enjoying a beach party on the coast in central Chile when a text message alerts that a tsunami is approaching.
Rank 8 items in the order of their importance to your team’s survival, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 1 to 2 hours.
On the way back from a weekend retreat, the helicopter carrying you and your group crashes in a small clearing high in the Cascades Mountains.
Rank 12 items salvaged from the crash in the order of their importance to your team’s survival, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 1 to 1.5 hours.
On an excursion from Tahiti to Australia, your yacht strikes a coral reef and begins taking on water through the hull.
Rank 12 items salvaged from the yacht in the order of their importance to your team’s survival, first as an individual and then as a team. The simulation takes 1.5 to 2 hours.