The Contact Zone Board Game is an excellent way to build commitment and collaboration in teams. When a team plays the game together, they build positive relationships and develop skills that lead to higher performance.
Any kind of intact group or cross functional group can benefit from playing the game.
"It was both challenging and very valuable to try to address difficult situations quickly and in front of my peers."
"I can see how I need to pause before reacting. I plan to have a long overdue conversation with my manager as soon as I get back to work."
--The Contact Zone Board Game participants
During the game, players are required to “transform” specific situations in order to move ahead. Here is an example:
You are a work group leader and become aware of a serious technical problem in the current project that will become more obvious as time goes by. If you don’t address this problem early on, there will be a huge cost to the project. However, the project manager, who you report to, usually wants the job done with as little involvement as possible on her part. She has been known to shoot the messenger.
• How do you deal with the problem?
• How do you deal with the project manager?