Team building

A team-building exercise with something to talk about afterward

Not just an icebreaker: a hosted survival simulation with debate, commitment, and reveal.

Protocol 15 gives teams a survival scenario and asks them to agree on one ranked list. The activity is simple to start, hard to agree on, and useful to debrief because every group leaves with a concrete comparison.

Use cases

A team-building activity with a real decision at the center.

The activity creates energy because the group has to choose. The debrief works because the final ranking gives everyone something specific to discuss.

Give the team a decision to make together

Use Protocol 15 when a team needs a shared activity that creates energy, conversation, and a visible decision-making outcome.

  • Team offsites
  • New team introductions
  • Leadership cohorts
  • Remote team activities

End with a concrete debrief

The final comparison gives teams something specific to discuss: what they prioritized, whose reasoning changed the list, and where the guide disagreed.

  • Decision-making under pressure
  • Group prioritization
  • Turn-based negotiation
  • Memorable team discussion

Team moment

Tradeoffs, pressure, and a shared answer beat generic icebreaker prompts.

Use it for offsites, onboarding cohorts, remote energizers, leadership sessions, or cross-functional groups that need to talk through a decision.

Step 1

Host opens the room

Choose a scenario, create the session, and share the join link.

Step 2

Teams commit to one list

Participants debate priorities and lock a shared survival ranking.

Step 3

The reveal starts the debrief

Scores and guide comparisons give the host concrete discussion material.

Team path

Run a hosted survival simulation when the debrief matters.

Participants join free. No accounts or downloads.

Protocol 15 use cases and crawlable summary

  • Team offsites
  • New team introductions
  • Leadership cohorts
  • Remote team activities
  • Decision-making under pressure
  • Group prioritization