The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines: Unlocking Growth and Strategic Thinking
The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines is an engaging and interactive business simulation aimed at developing a growth mindset, strategic thinking, collaboration, asking for help, and playing to win. This simulation can accommodate 20 to over 300 participants across cross-functional teams.
Many global organizations have utilized this simulation to develop the values, behaviors, and mindsets of their leaders and managers during leadership offsite events, strategy meetings, business reviews, goal-setting sessions, and team-building gatherings.
Top 8 Reasons Why Organizations Use This Simulation
1.?? Collaboration as a Competitive Advantage
When teams work together, they combine diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences, leading to innovative solutions and superior outcomes. By fostering a collaborative culture, organizations can:
2.?? Realistic Organizational Dynamics Simulation
The game replicates real-world organizational challenges, requiring different departments or teams to collaborate to achieve common goals. This safe environment allows participants to explore the impacts of both cooperative and competitive behaviors, facilitating the application of these lessons to real workplace scenarios.
3.?? Debriefing Aligned with Organizational Values, Behaviors, and Mindsets
The most crucial part of the program is the debriefing, where participants are encouraged to reflect on the behaviors they displayed and demonstrated during the simulation experience and the impact of these behaviors on the organization’s outcomes. The debriefing aligns with the organizational values, behaviors, and mindsets to achieve the desired business outcomes.
4.? ?Developing Growth Mindset
Participants need to overcome the scarcity mindset and focus on having a growth mindset. The simulation experience encourages them to focus on playing to win rather than playing not to lose. Participants are encouraged not to stay in their comfort zone and not to do the bare minimum in the given time. They should think about how they can grow using the available resources in the given timeframe.
5.?? Resource Management and Strategic Planning
Teams are encouraged to manage limited resources while navigating their journey from base camp to King Solomon’s mine. This aspect of the game teaches the importance of strategic planning and resource sharing, which are crucial for successful collaboration.
6.?? Flexibility and Scalability
The game can be conducted for 20 to 300+ participants with ease. The onus of actions and decisions is on the participants, so this eases the facilitator’s focus on the program deliverables. Team SimuRise has conducted this simulation during onboarding, leadership development meets, management development programs, and organizational development interventions to focus on values, behaviors, and mindsets. It can also be used during large team-building/corporate retreats for 2 to 3 hours.
7.?? Engaging and Interactive Gameplay
The game briefing and the gameplay make the entire simulation experience highly engaging, immersive, and interactive. Each participant has a role to play and puts the badge of that role. This simulation has a pirate theme, so participants wear pirate hats, and use telescopes, compasses, eyepatches, and daggers as tabletop materials, bringing in extra fun for the participants. It also provides a brilliant background for taking selfies.
8.?? Proven Track Record and Positive Feedback
The game has been used by leading organizations like Adani, Invesco, Coca-Cola, HDFC Securities, HSBC, JP Morgan, Cipla, Piramal, Dr. Reddy’s, Agfa Radiology, Bayer, and others, receiving positive feedback for its effectiveness in improving teamwork, communication, and leadership skills. Testimonials from various organizations highlight its impact on fostering a growth mindset and collaboration in the workplace.
Summary
The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines simulation is an excellent tool for discussing a growth mindset, strategic thinking, playing to win, asking for help, and the need for collaboration due to its emphasis on collective success, realistic simulation of organizational dynamics, structured debriefing, and engaging gameplay. It effectively teaches participants the value of working together towards a common goal, making it a powerful experiential learning tool for any organization.
Program Structure
Duration: 2.5 to 3 hours
Available Kits for Corporate Training Professionals
This simulation is now available in four kits, empowering corporate training professionals to get themselves certified to conduct this highly engaging simulation for their internal or external corporate clients. The available kits are:
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1.?? KSM 4: For 24 participants at one time, unlimited uses.
2.?? KSM 6: For 36 participants at one time, unlimited uses.
3.?? KSM 12: For 72 participants at one time, unlimited uses.
4.?? KSM PRO: For an unlimited number of participants at one time, unlimited uses.
Each version includes:
1. Tabletop Maps (Size 18x24)
2. Participants’ Booklets with resources
3.?Store Keeper Booklets with maps, weather forecasts, resources, and gold cards/coins
4.?Tabletop materials like compasses, jeeps, telescopes, eyepatches, pirate hats, plastic daggers, and tent cards
5.?Role badges for Merchant, Lookout, and Captain
6.?King Solomon’s Mines Book
7.?PowerPoint slides for briefing, strategy time, gameplay, and debriefing, along with trainer notes for facilitators to conduct the simulation experience effectively
8.?Video of the live experience
Testimonials
1) Laboni Chatterjee. ( Head Commercial Excellence of Bayer )
Our experience with SimuRise has been truly transformative. All of our managers, irrespective of their age, demographics, or geography, have come together in an unprecedented display of unity and engagement. The participation was enthusiastic, and the coherence between the previously identified missing skill sets and the outcomes highlighted in the analyzed reports was remarkable.
2) Jeroen Spruyt. ( President of AGFA Radiology )
It was very interesting to see how the business simulation brought us back to the essentials of trying to win and improve our performance. The key insights from my experience include thinking outside the box, questioning, and bending the rules when necessary.
3) Supriya ( Business Unit Lead of Siegwerk )
We had two days with Solomon and the team, and the interactive sessions around collaboration were just amazing. We realized that we were broken into different teams rather than being united as one organization. Despite winning as individual teams, we lost as an organization.
Are you a corporate training professional looking to enhance your team’s skills and drive exceptional results? Invest in The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines simulation kits today and witness a significant return on investment. This immersive experience not only fosters collaboration and strategic thinking but also cultivates a growth mindset, empowering your teams to excel in today’s competitive business landscape.
Get started now and transform your training programs with The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines business simulation. To know more or have any queries please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or call us at Neha - 08542084442 / Karan - 0932-498-0145.