Diamonds of Amazonia
The Diamonds of Amazonia engages teams in a journey to chart their path to a mine, achieve their goal of mining diamonds and reach back safely in 22 days. It’s a fun way for employees to learn about issues of communication, resource management and team dynamics common to the workplace.
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Storyline
Deep in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest lies a treasure like no other! A secret mine that has surfaced a rich vein of diamonds. For those in pursuit, it is better known as “The Diamonds of Amazonia!” But to get there is not for the faint hearted. At every inch of the forest lurks danger and uncertainty. To make matters worse, the weather is also highly unpredictable.
FocusU in association with Nuturns brings this gamified web-based learning simulation that can be used to get teams to engage with a wide spectrum of topics like Collaboration, Project Management, Team Dynamics, Productivity, Goal setting and Visioning exercises.
By enabling participants to experience and work through such challenges which are metaphorically very similar to what they face in the real world, the simulation coupled with its debrief session by the facilitators, helps participants in deriving great insight and learning.
This fast-paced simulation engages teams in a journey to chart their path to the mine, achieve their goal of mining the diamonds and reach back safely in 22 days. It’s a fun way for your employees to learn about issues of communication, resource management and team dynamics common to the workplace.
In the debriefing, several nuances of team behaviours emerge effortlessly. A few being:
- Clarity on ‘what are my diamonds’ (my strategic focus areas)
- Getting out of the comfort zone to embrace the mindset of maximizing targets/ business
- Failing to plan is often planning to fail
- Always keeping the bigger picture in mind, instead of getting trapped into a silo mentality
- Overcoming “I know it all attitude”
Through the debrief, participants uncover the uncanny similarities between their journey at their workplace towards their goals and this journey set in the Amazonian rainforests.
How is this activity available?
Instructor-led Training (ILT)
Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT)
Online Business Simulation (OBS)
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Diamonds of Amazonia
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Instructor-led Training (ILT)
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Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT)
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Online Business Simulation (OBS)
This course includes:
Duration: 3 hours (180 minutes)
Where can this be run: In-person and Virtual 
Group sizes: Upto 30 pax per session- Customisation of Debrief: Available
Frequently asked questions
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Every single workshop (except the asynchronous self-paced modules) is customized to the precise customer need and brief. Our client advisory team will work closely with you to understand your context and pass it on to the execution team.
We are glad you asked that question. Every learning intervention starts with "Why?" and "What is the difference you want to see at the workplace because your learner attended this session?" Once we are clear, our learning designers put together a thoughtfully curated learning journey that could be a mix of different methodologies chosen to suit your learning environment. Besides this, to aid learning, we can (optionally) buttress it through:
- A pre-learning assignment for learners to know where they stand before the journey
- A post-learning assignment helps learners know where they stand after the journey. Assessing the gap in learning helps learners in bridging it.
- Pocket insights—a ready reckoner with the key concepts that can either be carried along or be pinned up as a ready reminder.
- Manager Essentials—tips (for the managers of the learners) to recognize behavioral changes and create an environment that encourages the learners to put what they have learned to practice.
- Post-learning application of learning at the workplace through a specific project.
- We try to capture the impact of every learning intervention through an impact report that is then shared with clients.
Do download the brochure Above. While this will give you an overall workshop structure, our learning designers will still need to talk with you to customize the workshop to your context.
For each workshop, we can help you with three different teasers you can customize and share periodically with participants to build excitement and get traction.
Simulations can be delivered in virtual or in-person mode. This simulation cannot be delivered asynchronously, since the learning happens from the group interactions.
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The team had a great experience at the engagement session! Would say this is easily one of the best sessions I would have attended in a long time – the mix of fun and messaging was perfect and can easily notice the change in attitudes on the floor. Well done, pls. convey my kudos to the rest of the team as well.
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The entire set of topics had a good coverage on the day to day activities in a corporate life. It was fun to solve the challenges and a good learning experience. Thank you 😊
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The Learning challenge was very informative and challenging. The thing which I love about this challenge is that it provides videos also that make it easy to understand the concept.
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