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Inc. Inc.: Breaking Down Silos
A Powerful Business Simulation for Team Building and Corporate Retreats |
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Inc. Inc., a high impact and POWERFUL team building simulation, designed by Toronto based The Training Oasis, Inc., creates a parallel universe that mirrors your organization's structure and corporate culture. The first Inc. in the title will be replaced with a name that is similar to your company’s name or one of its product lines.
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Benefits |
Through Inc. Inc., your team will gain the experience they need to:
- Break down silos.
- Embrace and champion organizational change.
- Improve communication between teams and departments.
- Identify strategies to reduce red tape and duplication of effort.
- Forge stronger alliances and build stronger links between geographically dispersed teams.
- Reduce friction and "turf wars" between organizational levels and departments.
- Collaborate and generate strategies to thrive despite the challenges of a turbulent business environment.
- Prepare your team for mergers, re-organization or corporate culture shift
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Partial Client List |
- CIBC
- Toronto Children's Chorus
- Goldwell
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We strongly recommend that you devote at least a full day to Inc. Inc. for a thorough debrief and to give your group ample opportunity to return to their intact teams and bridge between the simulation and your real world business challenges.
The 1 1/2 - 2 day version of this team building session will give us an opportunity to guide your team through business application exercises, decision making and implementation planning.
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To maximize the "fun factor" in this team building simulation, we can set the organization in the entertainment, hospitality, or tourism industry. For example, we have run this simulation as under these scenarios involve running one company with different levels and departments or 2 companies that eventually merge:
- an airline
- a restaurant
- Tours R Us (a travel agency)
- Resorts R Us (a resort)
- construction companies that undertake projects in low income areas
- Kidz Kare International, an event planning company for families vacationing in Jamaica
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Overview: Inc. Inc.
Team Building Simulation
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1 - 2 Day Sessions Include:
- Pre-session CEO (or team leader)briefing to pinpont your Key Business Challenges
- Post Session Follow Up Briefing with Your Team to Reinforce Learning
During the simulation and the intensive debrief and application that follows, your team will:
- Develop an awareness of the contributions and challenges of other departments
through firsthand experience working in another functional area.
- Identify and develop strategies to eliminate time wasting communication stopgaps.
- Get “buy-in” w.r.t. your organization’s vision, values, and corporate culture.
- Build the skills to lead or be a productive member of a cross functional team.
- Break down silos in order to improve communication and efficiency.
- Clarify roles, responsibilities and expectations.
After a brief orientation session, your team will dive right in and operate one or two companies. Over the course of a business cycle (ideally 4 quarters), the company will operate under one of two scenarios (see below). There will be currency and regular customer attitude surveys to measure and track company performance. Your business challenges will be built into the simulation. The terminology and jargon used in the simulation will also reflect your corporate culture.
Each team will have specific deliverables and a set of objectives to meet. The simulation is set up so that no team can achieve its objectives without breaking down silos and collaborating with other groups.
Then, we will debrief the simulation thoroughly and glean key learnings about working in a cross functional environment and overcoming the silo mentality.
Each organization will have:
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2 - 3 Organizational Levels
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Various Teams
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(Examples):
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- An Executive Team
- Team Leaders
- Team Members
A Customer Base
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- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer Service
- Corporate Communications/Public Relations
- Human Resources
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- Call Centre
- Administration
- Finance
- Warehouse
- Manufacturing
- Quality Control
- Cafeteria
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Scenario One:
Corporate Culture Shift
or Strategic Direction Change |
Group Size: 6 - 75
Room Requirements: - 1 large room
- 2 - 3 smaller breakaway rooms
- 1 lounge or reception area (optional)
For groups of up to 12, one medium to large room will work
Description:
Your group will begin to operate a company with a specific vision, set of values and corporate culture. The executive team will face the challenge of devising a strategy to modify the corporate culture and mandate. At the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the organizational changes will be announced. The company will undergo transformation and begin to operate under its new mandate.
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Scenario Two:
Corporate Re-Organization
or Merger
(With Multi-National Option) |
Suggested Group Size: 20 - 150
Room Requirements: - 1 large room that can be divided
- 3 smaller breakaway rooms
- 1 lounge or reception area
Description:
Your team will operate two companies, competitors in the same industry. In their quest for a larger share of the market, the executive teams will be charged with the mission of merging the two organizations to improve their competitive position . Under the full 4 hour simulation, a cross-functional team will be available to help them design and implement the strategy. The rest of the day will be devoted to debriefing and application.
Anne Thornley-Brown, our Jamaican-born founder and CEO, lives in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Through our strategic alliance with FIK International, we have the privilege of serving clients in Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. Based on this experience, Scenario 2 can incorporate international locations to prepare your team for the opportunities of the global marketplace. Under the international option, one company will be located in North America and the other will be based in the Asia Pacific Rim or the Caribbean. The companies will manufacture the same product (or offer the same service) and compete for the same customer base.
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Our payment terms are 50% at the time of booking and the balance 1 calendar month prior to the session.
Events and sessions booked less than 1 calendar month in advance must be paid in full at the time of booking. There will be a 10% late booking surcharge due to the compressed timeframe for logistics. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To describe your requirements and find out how we can help you achieve your objectives, please submit the Booking Request Form that you can access through the Book Services tabs or links.
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