TeamWork.Inc
Build stronger teams, drive leadership, communication skills and break down silos with our collaborative team building business simulation.
Team building simulation
TeamWork.Inc puts a team inside a struggling business and asks them to communicate their way out of it
Split into departments and roles, the team has to turn the business round by working together, while staying solvent and making a profit. Played in a room or entirely online, on a realistic and interactive platform.
Everyone is working towards the same goal with only part of the picture, which is where the silos show up. That is the point of the day: not a discussion about collaboration, but a few hours where the cost of not collaborating lands on the numbers in front of them.
Also the one we use for change work
When a new system or way of working is about to land on people who were not asked, TeamWork.Inc is the vehicle. The team runs the business the old way until it stops working, and arrives at the new one themselves, which is the only version of change that tends to stick.
What people said afterwards
Four clients on the TeamWork.Inc day
It really did feel like a mini-MBA, as I walked away with a comprehensive understanding of how a business is run and how various departments come together to make it a success. I also learned a lot about remote working; a group of strangers transformed into a great team by the end of it, almost as if we had been working together for months before.
One day, all learning will be like this.
The simulation is 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 and applications
What a team takes out of the day
Silo breaking
Silo thinking has consequences, and the team meets them. People learn to see a problem coming from another function before it lands on theirs.
Team collaboration
Teams work out quickly that the only way they can win is together, which is harder to arrange in a workshop than it is in a simulation.
Building trust
Inter-departmental trust decides most of the result. People feel the cost of holding information back rather than being told about it.
Systems thinking
Decisions get made with the whole organisation in view, because a good call in one function can still lose the round.
Common goals
Teams work out for themselves the strategy the business needs, then watch it survive contact with the next round, or not.
Applications
Leading and deciding
Leadership and management training · group decision making · cross silo leadership · managing conflict and resolution · change management
Running and selling
Team building exercises · business strategy simulations · business process and operational simulations · customer service and soft skills · sales and negotiation
And many more. Our simulations and facilitation can be adapted to most business needs.
About TeamWork.Inc
TeamWork.Inc asks teams to run and optimise a complete business in a few short hours. The business they are given is struggling, its processes are under-developed, and there is no rule book for improving it. The objective is to build a successful organisation that expands, has improved processes, and is profitable and agile in its marketplace.
How an engagement runs, from needs analysis to real-world mapping: see the three phases.
Teams are split into different departments and roles. Depending on their own job, participants may be asked to play a different role in the simulation.
- CEO
- Sales team
- Marketing department
- Delivery department
- Finance department
Certificates are sent to all players, so they can demonstrate their learning and contribute to their personal and professional development.
Common questions
Questions about TeamWork.Inc
How is this different from a team-building day?
It is not a discussion about collaboration. The team runs a struggling business with each person seeing only part of the picture, so the cost of not sharing information lands on the numbers in front of them.
Can it support a change programme?
Yes, it is the one we use for change work. The team runs the business the old way until it stops working, and arrives at the new way themselves. That is the version of change that tends to stick.
Booking, group sizes, online delivery and what happens afterwards: see the common questions.
How it runs
Three ways to engage
Most clients start with us in the room and change that once they know what they are looking at.
We run it for you
We facilitate the day and work with your people beforehand to understand what you are trying to find out.
You get the session and our reading of what happened in it.
Best for
Team diagnostics, leadership away days, pilots before a wider rollout
A partner runs it with you
Several organisational development and leadership consultancies deliver our simulations inside their own programmes.
If the day is one step in something longer, a partner can build it into the programme and carry the work on afterwards. We will suggest one who fits.
Best for
Leadership programmes, change initiatives, blended development
Your own people run it
Once you have seen a day run and want it across the organisation, we train your facilitators over two days.
You get the simulation and the capability to run it. What you do not get is us in the room, so the debrief becomes yours to make.
Best for
Organisation‑wide rollout, repeat cohorts, in‑house academies
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Challenge your team(s) to improve and drive performance. TeamWork.Inc training simulation will transform your organisation.