Leading Virtual Teams Learning Journey

Your team has been locked in and must escape! What's the code to get out and who locked you in? Teams of 4 or 5 participants work in virtual breakout rooms in a race to escape. The competition brings in a little more pressure, how will they respond? In this two hour experience, teams are tasked to find the crucial digits to the exit code by solving 4 problems. However, they are not all straightforward - it’s very easy to go wrong if they are not organised and paying full attention to every aspect. Teams navigate around the virtual vault using their mouse to search for 'hotspot' areas in which they will find tasks, hints, tips, and even some red herrings to keep them on their toes.

The past few years has been the most challenging, interesting and most stressful times of our lives. We are living and working in a world of V.U.C.A- An acronym to appropriately describe the global status of the world as: Volatility, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous times. The impact this has had a tremendous impact on each of us personally and professionally. Today’s business leaders need to go beyond the methodologies of trendy well being, business and leadership and especially outdated practices. Instead, they must turn more inward to continually adapt their attitudes, behaviours and evolve perceptions about themselves, their people and the business. Up skilling alone will never be the single solution to navigate these t

Design Thinking is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It’s extremely useful in tackling complex problems that are ill-defined or unknown, by understanding the human needs involved, by re-framing the problem in human-centric ways, by creating many ideas in brainstorming sessions, and by adopting a hands-on approach in prototyping and testing. Understanding these five stages of Design Thinking will empower anyone to apply the Design Thinking methods in order to solve complex problems that occur around us — in our companies, in our countries, and even on the scale of our planet.An interactive, serious fun session, with an energizing mix of individual, team, and full group exercises.

The ability to engage employees in change is rapidly becoming a key determinant of business success. Leaders need a clear understanding of the factors involved in change, so they can take action and effectively lead. Celemi Exploring Change™, is a dialogue about change. Organizations, divisions, or teams that want to increase their return on investment for transformation initiatives can use the workshop to build a shared language and collective insights into what it takes to bring people on board. Celemi Exploring Change™ offers a structured dialog that puts the spotlight on four success factors that can fast track change in your organization. It highlights the human dimension of change, providing valuable insights for leaders that want to help their teams or departments act on change – now and in the future. For more information on the program, you can download the overview here.

Warm up a project team and bring out the best in each participant. Prepare your people to anticipate and mitigate the most common project pitfalls. In Celemi Cayenne™, participants will act as advisors in a project – an IT roll-out of a new system. The project has been finalised, but in hindsight it was not a success, nobody’s satisfied. The project failed to deliver as expected, the potential value was insufficiently tapped and there were overruns. In teams, participants revisit the project to identify the issues, deliver better results and maximise business value while balancing diverse stakeholder needs. The challenges are universal. The lessons are as memorable like the burn of a hot pepper. Help your company learn from their mistakes long before the stakes are high by playing Celemi Cayenne™ – the secret ingredient for securing project success. Celemi Cayenne™ is designed for you who wish to increase staff commitment and improve alignment on a project. Participants will secure an understanding of critical success factors in project work and, by competing in teams, establish proactive behaviour and effective communication amongst project team members. For more information on the program, you can download the overview here.

Learn to quickly adapt and respond to changing market conditions. Drive success in an ambiguous world by applying agile principles. In Celemi Agile Move™, participants work in teams to explore and develop an agile mindset.This digital business simulation is set in a fictitious company dealing with the typical operational, strategic, and leadership challenges that many companies are facing today. Participants work through the challenges and discuss and agree on which route to take - and get instant feedback on how well their decisions align with agile principles. The business impact of each decision is made clear, and teams compete to see who can work the most agile and deliver the best results. Celemi Agile Move™ helps your organization move through the transformation you need to meet the challenges of today’s ambiguous, ever-changing world. Use this highly competitive and engaging simulation to let your people discover the benefits of agile principles and learn to apply them to their daily work processes.     Companies using Celemi Agile Move™ will learn how to apply agile principles to their work processes, such as when choosing project teams, launching new products, and making decisions about new product research and development. For more information on the program, you can download the overview here.