We Can Do Company Business Game

Participants in this change management game become team members of the ‘We Can Do Company.’ They are required to work on a new project for one of their top clients, ‘The Choco Bar Company’, who urgently needs ideas for the design and marketing of a new chocolate bar.

They have set requirements for the new chocolate bar, but as the teams work on this, the requirements change. A ‘we can do’ attitude is essential to enable them to cope with these changes.

Once they are managing the task, another change occurs as some members of the team are required to leave and work with another team. Also, the task’s completion time is reduced. Their change management abilities are put to the test!

Each team will have to handle several changes. Facilitators often take the opportunity to ask participants to record their feelings and thoughts at this time. These, together with the experience of this change management exercise brings out key points in the debrief such as:

• How did you manage the changes?
• What effect did the changes have on you, individually and as a team?
• When the other team members joined you, how were they accepted into their new teams? Were they made to feel welcome? Were they ignored?
• Did the existing teams make use of the knowledge that the new team members had?
• Why was it important for you to deal with the changes?
• What are the key points about management of change?
• What can you do to help when change is required at work?

This change management business simulation:

• is challenging and fun
• provides ample opportunity to practice change management skills
• enables participants to discover how they and their team react to change
• requires effective time management, managing meetings and communication skills
• promotes teamwork and cooperation between teams
• brings out leadership qualities and management competencies
• utilises presentation skills
• develops conflict management skills
• enhances commercial thinking, a focus on profitability and marketing skills
• builds planning and agile project management skills, including  the ability to meet requirements
• utilises creative thinking
• advances Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) goals.

Although these are serious subjects and the business game is challenging, The We Can Do Company is intended to be fun as well. Participants learn more when the training process is enjoyable.

In this change management game, each team has a different area of responsibility. Time is limited, and the tasks change as the game progresses. It is crucial for teams to cooperate and communicate effectively because the change one team makes could affect the other teams’ tasks!

When the teams have produced the design and marketing for the new chocolate bar, they need to prepare a persuasive presentation to the Choco Bar Company, which will either accept their proposal and reward them with a huge profit or reject the proposal.

If you are looking for games on change management, this training game helps teams deal with the management of change through effective teamwork.  Participants learn more than theory by practical experience; they also learn about themselves and others. Team building and development are enhanced, and the practical value of group dynamics is demonstrated.

Assessment Centre

Change management activities are popular exercises at assessment centres; our change management game assesses many skills and attributes.

Universities, Colleges and Schools

This business simulation is popular with universities, colleges and schools, preparing them for the realities of the working world, where change is inevitable.

Training in Project and Change Management

An excellent business simulation for management consultants, project managers, and teams who experience change. A popular training game for change and project management courses.

Impactful Away Days, Offsites, Conferences and Seminars

Whether you’re seeking a fun and impactful business simulation to develop multiple key business skills, or an activity specifically to focus on managing change.

• We Can Do Company Business Game PDF
• Business Games Brochure
• Course Brochure
• Team Building Brochure

“It is one thing reading about this, but this kind of work is what really hits home and makes you fully understand the importance of the issues.”  T. Kristin – University of Westminster

“I have run the game several times now and each time it has been a huge success. I have been running full day sessions with teams and in the mornings we focus on the theory and the issues of integrated working and in the afternoon I use the game as a practical example of how to manage the change process. I cannot praise this game enough. It has been so successful that I have been asked to work specifically with social work staff as well.”  Y. Campbell – Senior OD & Training Advisor – Mental Health NHS

“The game was great – excellent fun and very relevant learning. I really appreciated the pre-briefing that you gave me which helped a lot.”  K. Summers – Seahorse Coaching & Consulting

• Multiple games can be played at once to accommodate groups larger than 27.  This requires at least one trainer per game.
• Additional licences are required to play more than one game at a time:  Two games are required for 28-54 participants, three games for 55-81 participants, etc.
• There’s no restriction on the number of times you can use our games.
• You can buy this business simulation showing the currency within the game as Euros (EUR), Great British Pounds (GBP) or US Dollars (USD).  The game is otherwise the same.
• It is possible to play We Can Do Company in other languages if the trainer verbally translates the English instructions.
• Also available to play remotely.