HSI simulations provide a unique opportunity to quickly and objectively measure whether your groups are achieving synergy. The simulations can be used for team building and the development of more effective group processes. HSI offers a wide variety of simulations: The Survival Series, The Business Series, The Challenge Series and The Safety Series. Please visit our website at www.humansynergsitics.com to learn more. Below are brief descriptions of the other Survival Simulations that make up The Survival Series.
Cascades Survival SituationTM |
On the way back from a weekend retreat, the helicopter carrying you and your group crashes in a small clearing high in the Cascade Mountains. |
Rank 12 items salvaged from the crash in the order of their importance to your team’s survival. |
1 to 1.5
hours |
Earthquake |
You and your co-workers are working late in the basement library of your 10-story downtown office building when a major earthquake hits. |
Identify which of 12 possible action steps are important and sequence them in the order they should be carried out. Rank the remaining steps from least to most dangerous. |
1 to 1.5
hours |
Tsunami |
Your group is enjoying a beach party on the coast in central Chile when a pager message alerts that a tsunami is approaching. |
Rank 8 items in the order of their importance to your team’s survival |
1 to 2
hours |
Reef Survival SituationTM |
On an excursion from Tahiti to Australia, your yacht strikes a coral reef and begins taking on water through the hull. |
Rank 12 items salvaged from the yacht in the order of their importance to your team’s survival. |
1.5 to 2
hours |
Bushfire Survival SituationTM |
You and your group are on holiday in the Dandenong Ranges just east of Melbourne, Australia, when you suddenly notice a bush fire is approaching. |
Rank 12 items in the order of their importance to your team’s survival. |
1.5 to 2
hours |
Desert Survival SituationTM |
It's a hot August day and your plane has just crash-landed in the Sonoran Desert in the Southwestern United States. |
Rank 15 items salvaged from the plane in the order of their importance to your team’s survival. |
1.5 to 2.5
hours |
Jungle Survival SituationTM |
While flying from Panama City to the Caribbean island region of the San Blas Archipelago, your twin-engine plane hits a number of large birds, causing it to crash into a triple-canopied jungle. |
From a list of 12 strategic activities, select those that will assure your survival, as well as one overall strategy. Then, rank 12 items found in the wreckage according to their importance to your survival. |
2.5 to 3.5
hours |
Desert II Survival SituationTM |
On your way home from Acapulco, your chartered plane experiences engine trouble and crash lands somewhere in the Sonoran Desert in the Southwestern United States. |
Identify your four greatest problems and the best strategy for your survival. Then, decide on the criticality and best use for 16 items salvaged from the crash. |
2.5 to 3.5
hours |
