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Pirate AttackTeam Decision Exercise
Your merchant ship is leaking, the harbor approach is lined with reefs, and a pirate sloop may attack again before nightfall.
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Scenario items
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Use this high-stakes survival scenario to give the group one structured decision. Every team must explain priorities, work through disagreement, and reach one shared ranking before the reveal.
Adventurous and urgentMedium-highhigh-energy workshops
Sample items
Manual bilge pump
Heavy canvas collision mat
Teams debate the value of 9 items and lock in one shared ranking. The reveal compares their choices with the scenario's reference ranking, giving the facilitator concrete material for a debrief about priorities, persuasion, changing minds, and consensus.
Best for: high-energy workshops, historical settings, groups that enjoy operational tradeoffs
What teams debate: Flooding control, reef pilotage, signaling the fort, and how much preparation to spend on another attack.
Debrief prompts
- Which item created the strongest disagreement?
- What assumption did the team make too quickly?
- Who changed their mind during the discussion?
- Did the team optimize for safety, speed, rescue, or certainty?
- What would you do differently in a real group decision?
Which would you keep inPirate Attack
Reach the Fort Before Nightfall
Heavy canvas collision mat
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Lead sounding line
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In the full session, your team ranks all 9 items
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full item list?
These matchups are just a taste. In the full session, your team ranks all 9 items, compares its choices with the reference, and revisits the reasoning behind them.