Building Organizational Value
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Oceans Alive™ is an employee engagement game that creates a
powerful learning experience. The process highlights several common
organization characteristics demonstrated by the participants,
how they perform individually, how participants interact as a team,
and how the teams interact as an organization. These organization
characteristics include:
- goals and objectives
- mission/vision
- team dynamics
- communication
- conflict management
- risk assessment
- resource planning
"OA quickly revealed key aspects of my behaviour that I can
clearly act on and be more effective immediately"
—recent participant
Results For Team Members
- Create Vision
- Develop Strategy and Plans
- Discover Problem Solving Methods
- Increase Collaboration and Creativity
- Heighten Effective Communication
- Improve Teamwork
- Embrace Change
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Results For Leadership
- Assist in developing Risk Management Orientation
- Identify Potential and Effective Leadership
- Increase Employee Engagement
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BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL VALUE THROUGH PEOPLE
Oceans Alive™ actively involves the learner in a concrete experience and
promotes new skills, new attitudes or even entirely new ways of thinking.
Using a multi-player game as the tool for learning creates a unique environment
when compared to traditional classroom training or even e-learning
offerings. Learning through fun promotes retention of skills longer than
traditional classroom style training. The game appeals directly to Gen X
and Y and is a bridge to baby boomers. The ‘experience’ plays an important
role in the learning process.
Practical Details
- 6-40 participants divided into teams of 2 to 4
- A minimum of 3 teams is required
- Internet access is necessary for each team
- Time needed is approximately 3-1/2 hours per session
Experiential Learning
Oceans Alive starts with teams (2-4 crew members on each team) being
launched into space in search of a critical solution to a world problem.
Using a combination of computer input and personal interactions, teams
guide their spaceship into the unknown; communicate with various worlds
and life-forms to solve a major problem. This interactive computer experience
exposes individual, team, department and organization skills (i.e.
communication, decision-making).
This exciting intergalactic experience is followed with a dynamic facilitated
debrief. Data from the experience is blended with the input of the
participants and the facilitator to uncover some truths and solutions that
can be applied to common real world workplace and team dilemmas.
Participants go through a self-realization process that achieves “buy in”
and understanding of key abilities and characteristics that are important for
organizations to succeed, have a competitive advantage, and promote
collaboration and innovation.
Benefits of Oceans Alive™
- Creates immediate feedback to enhance
the learning process & workplace parallels
- Helps emphasize the importance of a vision/
mission
- Identifies the significance of developing
strategies and plans
- Develops team interaction and communication
- Enhances the ability to embrace change
- Helps participants understand how to apply
learning to daily activities
- Assists in developing a risk management
orientation
- Identifies potential and effective leadership,
especially during crisis situations
- Helps clarify problem-solving techniques
- Helps realize the need for resource management,
tactical and strategic planning
- Appeals to multi-generational organizations
Workplace Parallels
- Leaders in today’s organizations are challenged
to ensure successful alignment and
focus.
- Conflicting priorities
- Ever changing competition
- Multiple communication methods
- Heightened risk and uncertain decision
making
- Managers can deal with these situations
when they understand how much impact
they have in their organization and how
their team responds.
If you are interested in purchasing Oceans Alive for your organization please fill out the Contact Form
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