Culture.Inc
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Shape a positive, supportive culture for your business using the power of experiential learning to transform a failing business in the hospitality sector into a successful one that puts people at the heart of the organization to drive success and productivity.
Culture simulation
Culture.Inc is an experiential business simulation and culture-focused workhop that empowers individuals to work together effectively, focusing on developing a great company culture whilst generating profit. The simulation presents real-world business scenarios to develop problem-solving abilities whilst fostering a positive, supportive, inclusive company culture.
Played virtually or in a classroom, participants learn all about aspects of company culture, including Net Promoter Score and Employee NPS as they improve business skills by running a virtual business in a realistic and interactive platform. The simulation is a great way to deliver team collaboration training with everyone working together to achieve a common goal based on real-world business scenarios.
Split into different departments and roles, teams learn how to optimize a struggling business by working together; all whilst staying in business and making a profit.
Summary
Duration: 1 day
Participants: 7 to 15 people
Levels: 3-4 levels
(1 x workshop level, 2-3 levels of simulation gameplay)
Delivery method: facilitated virtually or in classroom
"Immersive Edges’s simulations are fast, nerve-wracking and fun. In the Culture version of the game, we had to focus on developing a great company culture at the same time as generating profit. Not easy - would highly recommend!"
"This is a great tool and a very effective platform. On the surface it seems straightforward however it is a multi-faceted, deeply immersive, and powerfully accessible solution. The impact it has, and the opportunity it delivers for experiential learning, organisational positioning, and observational insight is staggering. Try it. Use it. Thank me later."
"These 3 sessions of simulation were much more efficient than any team building exercise. We indeed learnt by doing, and it has enabled us to develop our network."
"It is an excellent product: thought-provoking, fostering greater collaboration, process improvement and a better understanding of the big picture, and it’s FUN!"
Benefits
Cultural awareness
Staff gain deeper insight into the importance of culture in their working lives.
Embedding company and cultural values
Teams rapidly realize that the only way they can win is through working together, putting culture at the heart of their decision-making.
Leadership and management training
Inter-departmental trust is critical. Leaders learn how to lead from the front in setting tone for company culture.
Group decision-making with cultural emphasis
Enable 360 degree thinking, with teams thinking about the whole organization and the impact of their decisions on customer and staff perception of their brand.
Company merger staff integration
Participants from different company cultures come together as one to unite behind a shared cultural mission of one organization
Applications
- Cultural awareness training.
- Leadership & management training.
- Team building exercises.
- Business strategy simulations.
- Group decision making training.
- Business process and operational simulations.
- Cross-silo leadership.
- Customer service soft skill training.
- Managing conflict and resolution training.
- Sales and negotiation skills development.
- AND MANY MORE, our team training games and facilitations can be adapted to any business needs.
About Culture.Inc
Agenda
Summary
26 weeks in 26 minutes
Game roles
How it works
Accreditation
Agenda
There are three phases to a Culture.Inc implementation:
Needs analysis
– Needs analysis: interview with the stakeholder to establish the following: strategic priorities, overarching performance of the team, individual strengths and weaknesses, alignment of team with the strategy, and performance against the strategy.
– Identification and prioritization of key outcomes: to ensure that the maximum value is created from implementation, it is essential to understand the objectives of the program of work from three different points of view: organization, team and individual objectives.
– Planning the implementation of Culture.Inc, preparing a list of attendees, and the set-up of the session, either virtual or in classroom.
Delivery
Culture.Inc is delivered in 3-4 levels over up to one full day of delivery.
Level 1: Culture-focused interactive workshop and overview presentation to encourage participants to think about productivity and agility of organizations through the lens of culture.
Level 2: Culture.Inc simulation gameplay
Level 3: Culture.Inc simulation gameplay & extended discussion to bring all learnings together.
Level 4 (Optional): Additional level of gameplay subject to timings and requirements agreed during needs analysis stage.
Real-world mapping
After any simulation delivery, the facilitator will work with the team to take the captured learnings and map them to their own workplace functions. As a final step, these can be translated into specific actions for immediate implementation.
– Review: capture innovations and learnings.
– Map: apply innovations to real-life problems.
– Action: specific focused outcomes and learning which can be applied to real-world working environments following the session.
Summary
Culture.Inc is designed for groups of up 7 to 15 people, virtual or in classroom, and divided into three-four rounds. Each round is 26 minutes and represents the equivalent of 26 weeks of trade.
Teams are tasked with running and optimizing a complete business in only a few short hours. However, teams are given a business that is struggling and under-developed processes without a rule book to improve it. The objective is to build a successful organization that expands, has improved processes, and is profitable and fully agile in its marketplace.
Teams are assessed using a balanced scorecard approach which answers 4 key questions:
“How do we look to our shareholders?” – Financial performance.
“How do we continuously improve and create value?” – Maturity, assessed by facilitators and teams based on key capabilities relating to culture and performance.
“How do our customers see us?” – Net Promoter Score (NPS) assessment of performance.
“What must we excel at?” – Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) assessment of employee satisfaction and wellbeing.
26 weeks in 26 minutes
We challenge teams to develop the strategies to deliver organizational success in only a few short hours.
Each round is 26 minutes and involves the equivalent of 26 weeks of trade, making the gameplay fun yet nerve-wracking.
Our experience has proved that all players start finding the simulation difficult and confusing, whilst improving round after round by coming up with their own ideas and systems to improve the business. Whilst most, if not all, teams fail to succeed in round one, they exponentially improve as the rounds progress. The game allows teams to try and fail in a safe environment.
Game roles
Teams are split into different departments and roles to play the simulation. A General Manager is assigned by the facilitator and the teams agree between them how to allocate participants across the remaining roles.
How it works
Experiential learning
Practice makes perfect
Experiential learning is the most successful method of driving organizational change, improving thinking skills and creating lasting connections.
Based on David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle, the recreation of real-world business scenarios allows users to learn by doing and results in a higher player engagement and emotional involvement.
Accreditation
Certifications can be sent to all players to be able to demonstrate their learnings and contribute to their personal and professional development.
Please contact us about using your own brand on the certificates (next to ours).
CONTACT US
Are you ready for a Culture simulation challenge?
Challenge your team(s) to improve and drive performance. The Culture.Inc business simulation training will transform your organization through the power of experiential learning.
