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Ocean CrashTeam Decision Exercise
Stranded on a small raft, your team must stay visible, hydrated, shaded, and calm until rescue can spot you.
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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.
Grounded and tenseMediumteam-building sessions
Sample items
Chocolate bars
50 feet of nylon rope
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: team-building sessions, practical survival debate, remote workshops
What teams debate: Staying visible, conserving energy, and deciding what actually helps rescue.
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 inOcean Crash
Adrift in Open Water
50 feet of nylon rope
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Shark repellent
VS
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.