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Trench SurvivalTeam Decision Exercise
A bombardment has damaged the trench line and injured one member of your unit. Reach the field aid post before darkness.
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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.
Grounded and tenseMediumleadership workshops
Sample items
Folding stretcher
Entrenching shovel
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: leadership workshops, historical settings, groups that enjoy practical tradeoffs
What teams debate: Casualty care, route clearance, navigation, weather protection, and concealment.
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 inTrench Survival
Reach the Field Aid Post
Entrenching shovel
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Local trench map
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In the full session, your team ranks all 9 items
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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.