Minefield

30-90 Minutes

Ideal for 8 - 16

Possible for 4 - 20

Break down organisational silos and measure the true value of team collaboration with Minefield

Optimise the sharing of hard-won organisational knowledge
Challenge competitive silo mentalities within your business
Manage limited budgets during a demanding logic task
Provide a tangible measurement of effective team communication

Minefield is designed to focus learning on:

Collaboration
Knowledge Management
Negotiation & Building Trust
Problem Solving
Resource Management
Risk Assessment

£329.00

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Activity Overview

Are you looking for a powerful capstone activity to challenge ‘silo’ mentality and measure the true value of team collaboration? Minefield is a carefully researched, highly engaging group learning activity designed to test communication, knowledge management, and problem-solving skills under pressure.

Perfect for groups of up to 16 participants, this 45-minute exercise divides your cohort into four sub-teams operating within the same simulated organisation. Their objective is to complete a demanding information-gathering and logic task to identify hidden 'mines' and earn a bonus. The catch? Every piece of information they acquire comes with a cost, meaning teams must carefully manage their budget and resources to succeed.

Minefield provides a tangible, numerical measurement of how effectively teams communicate and share knowledge. It brilliantly highlights the financial and operational costs of competitive silo working versus the profitability of genuine collaboration.

The activity is easily managed by a single facilitator and comes complete with a lightweight magnetic board, magnetic components, game sheets, and comprehensive facilitator notes. Whether you are a business school educator or an L&D consultant running management development programmes, Minefield offers an unforgettable way to explore strategic planning, decision-making, and the bottom-line impact of sharing hard-won organisational knowledge

Learning Objectives

Rehearse negotiation and influencing skills to build relationships across teams
Explore the commercial implications of acquiring Business Knowledge & poor Knowledge Management across organisations
Explore the conditions under which information sharing might be routinely passed across internal organisational boundaries for the benefit of the organisation
Evaluate issues around risk management, where decisions have to be made that have significant budget implications
Identify the criteria for successful collaboration and communication amongst different teams

FAQs

What does Minefield explore
Minefield explores the organisational and commercial benefits of information sharing in competitive marketplaces. It examines the need for openness and trust if information sharing is to succeed and can be used to stimulate dialogue around opportunities for information sharing within project teams, divisions or departments and business networks.
In a commercial environment business knowledge is the basis upon which critical decisions are made. Businesses always try to access the best business knowledge available to them, although the cost of accessing this knowledge may be high. Organisations certainly do not want to waste money on information that already exists within the business, or on solutions that could be achieved without additional investment.
How does Minefield quanity the degree of 'collaboration'?
If teams compete rather than collaborate they cannot obtain a positive score - the individual team scores will reflect the degree of cooperation between the teams.

What's Included

Activity Contents:

Magnetic game board,
64x Magnetic pieces,
Facilitator manual,
4x Team briefs, 4x Team plans,
Facilitator Scoresheet,
Carry case

Package Weight: 4.2kg

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Minefield (PDF • 1.06 MB)

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We do however note that all our products are for educational use and supply a customs invoice showing local variations of the HS Code relevant to our training tools:

902300 - apparatus designed for education purposes, unsuitable for other uses

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Minefield

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Bloody brilliant experience

All went well and as ever the minefield game never ceases to amaze me! We had three groups collaborate (eventually) and then one team just floating around blatantly �stealing� information from the others and spending the least amount of credits...crime doesn�t pay and they got some serious feedback from the other teams.

High Quality activity

Minefield is a high quality activity that can be used at all levels to bring out and reinforce key learning points. It is also a very engaging activity that challenges individuals and teams to break out of their normal automatic responses and apply a set of proven techniques. I highly recommend this activity

Used with senior teams

My manager used Minefield for a few of his workshops. Clients are of insurance and financial background. One very senior global team and one general managers team. The tool was useful in terms of serving the learning outcomes as well as opening up discussion among participants. The only thing is you need a certain amount of people to make it most effective.

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Minefield

Break down organisational silos and measure the true value of team collaboration with Minefield

Minefield is designed to focus learning on:

Activity Overview

Learning Objectives

FAQs

What's Included

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