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AirLift!
Duration: 1 hour + debrief
Participants: 3-24 (up to four teams of 3-6 per team)
Who: Staff at any level
PC required: Optional
Price:
£350.00
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With a focus on team problem solving, AirLift! is all about coordinating a series of mini-problems in order to achieve the overall objective.
A remote, disaster-struck area needs your urgent help. You arrange an air-drop of emergency supplies - tents, blankets, food, medicines (represented by coloured blocks) to eight separate villages. Fuel is limited so what’s the most economic route? Eight crates are constructed, packed with supplies specific to each village and labelled. Next is to load the crates into the cargo hold. It’s jam-packed but everything goes in, just! Let’s hope you planned it so that the first crate dropped matches the village below. There’s no spare fuel for re-routing the flight!
Having solved all aspects of this tough problem, teams fill in their pilot’s log detailing their route. They can then demonstrate that each and every village gets the right set of supplies.
All possible routes are clearly listed in the Trainer’s notes (or you can use the optional software to do it for you).
A remote, disaster-struck area needs your urgent help. You arrange an air-drop of emergency supplies - tents, blankets, food, medicines (represented by coloured blocks) to eight separate villages. Fuel is limited so what’s the most economic route? Eight crates are constructed, packed with supplies specific to each village and labelled. Next is to load the crates into the cargo hold. It’s jam-packed but everything goes in, just! Let’s hope you planned it so that the first crate dropped matches the village below. There’s no spare fuel for re-routing the flight!
Having solved all aspects of this tough problem, teams fill in their pilot’s log detailing their route. They can then demonstrate that each and every village gets the right set of supplies.
All possible routes are clearly listed in the Trainer’s notes (or you can use the optional software to do it for you).
- to define the problem facing them
- to split the overall job into sub-problems and delegate appropriately
- to coordinate all aspects of the task towards a clear objective
- to maximise use of resources
- to use teamwork skills to maximise overall performance
- Divide the participants into teams.
- Introduce the activity using the PowerPoint presentation.
- Issue the Team Briefs and other materials and allow teams 60 minutes to work on the task.
- Collect in the Pilot’s Log from each team and issue short questionnaires for teams to review how they worked.
- Lead a discussion on how teams tackled the problem and then issue the results followed by a Debrief on the key points and how the lessons can be transferred to the workplace.
Full details provided in the Trainer’s Notes.
R. Foster, BBS Research CouncilWe use this activity frequently in a team-working context, on an “Introducing Management” course, with a mixture of staff, including administrative and scientific roles (who are about to embark in a management role). The activity highlights the fact that good team-working is key. The requirement for good planning comes through with it becoming apparent that a sensible order for the tasks exists. It’s an excellent activity - straightforward to administer, tests various management skills - and it's a good “escape” from usual organisational contexts.
M. Archer, BAE Systems
We used Airlift! as an exercise during a teambuilding course with engineers of mixed age and experience. The best learning points were to listen to the contribution of others; plan and assign roles.
A good teambuilding activity that can be used in most environments (assuming access to a PC!)
D. Harrowell, Buckinghamshire Hospital NHS TrustUsed in a first line workshop with new managers, it provided an ideal exercise for reinforcing the messages of planning, time management and problem-solving. Great general exercise for reinforcing learning; very practical and hands on.
E. Davidge, RAFWe used AirLift! on a leadership course with 32 participants aged 24-40. The exercise brought out very clearly the need for teamwork in setting objectives and controlling the work of a group. The greatest learning points were that any team needs to spend time planning a structured approach to a task and ensuring that everyone is totally clear on what has to be achieved. The exercise proved to be an excellent learning platform and one of the highlights of the course.
- Coors Brewers
- TNT Netherlands
- Birmingham Midshires
- University of Bradford
- Kent Police
- Pacific Century Hong Kong
- GlaxoSmithKline
- De Vere Group
- Ernst & Young
- Avon & Somerset Police
- Trainer’s Notes
- CD-ROM containing (optional) Program and PowerPoint Presentation
- Team Briefs
- Cargo Holds
- Pilot’s Log Sheets
- Wooden Blocks
- Card, Scissors, Rulers, Sticky Tape
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