Terra Nova
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The Program
Terra Nova is a project-based simulation where participants are divided into distinct functional teams with aggressive targets. Acting as citizens of the community of Terra Nova, each of the teams works towards the common goal of “making Terra Nova as prosperous as possible.” Yet, despite this purpose there is a high probability of friction between teams as they each labor on their own portion of the project. As a consequence, quality suffers, conflicts surface and bottlenecks form around production, cash flow, communication, trust, and collaboration.
Terra Nova mirrors the real world environment with clearly identified common goals, milestones to be achieved, penalties for poor performance, multiple roles and functions among stakeholders, opportunities for collaboration and synergy and for miscommunication
and friction. Throughout the program, there is a clear connection to the outcomes – the construction of a city whose size and prosperity will be directly impacted by each group’s ability to step out of their frame of reference and into their partners.
As the simulation unfolds participants will learn to work more effectively together, to communicate with ease and to create alignment between the objectives and the activities of each of the different teams.
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The Key Learnings
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Practical Information
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