Eagles Flight Workshop

Today we took part in a team building workshop designed to enhance the students ability to problem solve, negotiate with team members in a cooperative environment, facilitate the aquisistion of project management skills and educate students in the area of goal setting best practises and the importance of considering objectives prior to the commencement of projects. The Eagles Flight Workshop was presented to us by Gerard O'Shea.
The object of this game was to travel across the desert to the mountains to collect gold bars (1 per day) and return within a 23 day period. (5mins = 1day). The quickest route brought you there in 6 days letting you collect 11 gold bars so you can return in 6 days. This did not account for weather, food/water shortages etc. each team was given $1000 to buy food and shelter. Everyone was given the same opportunities at the start but we all had different results.
The team I was on came in first place with 7 bars of gold. We were far from perfect though.  After playing the game, we reviewed our every move. Soon enough, we realised that we had jumped to many conclusions, assumed different things and had not fully understood the objective of the game. So, all together, it was a huge learning curve.

See more at http://www.eaglesflight.com/