The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
Our World-Acclaimed Flagship Experiential Learning Tool Focused on Collaboration, Alignment, Leadership, and Implementation of Optimized Performance.
Time-Tested and
Proven Effective
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine has been our flagship team building simulation since 1993 and has been helping all kinds of organizations on a global scale. Resulting in dramatic improvements in:
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Strategic Planning
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Leadership Training
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Resource Management
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Team Dynamics
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Balancing Competition vs Collaboration
- General Team-Building
Video Overview
The Setting:
Your teams will find themselves in the modern-day Southwestern United States in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona where they will go on a search for gold from the famous Lost Dutchman’s Mine, first discovered by Jacob Waltz in the 1860s and lost in the Phoenix flood of 1891.
Outfitted with all the supplies and support needed for success, it’s up to each team and the choices they make regarding the use of the resources and information available that will impact the amount of gold that they’ll mine. Challenges and opportunities exist that will affect their decisions.
The Goal is to mine as much Gold as WE Can!
Collaboration between teams visibly and measurably improves team and group performance results with competition clearly sub-optimizing results (“The Goal is to mine as much Gold as WE Can!”).
During the debriefing, the Expedition Leader (facilitator) establishes clear links to game behavior and desired organizational behaviors impacting collaboration, innovation, quality, motivation and leadership.
The Basics
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Group Size: 9 - 900
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Available in 3 Different Sizes
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LD4 - Up to 24 Participants
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LD6 - Up to 36 Participants
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LD Pro - Unlimited Group Size
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Unlimited Sessions at a One-Time-Cost
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Certification Included with purchase
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Free Global Shipping on all Orders
What some of our Clients had to say"
Kyla,Trainer
Large Retail Corporation
The feedback from the participants was fabulous!
I led The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mind for our Store Manager development as part of their annual Store Managers Conference. During the game, there were a few "aha" moments but what really brought the point home was the debriefing.
There was a lot of great debriefing material to use and I focused on how the game paralleled our business and how much better the results could be if we collaborated better as an organization.
I would recommend this game to anyone that wanted to build collaboration among and between teams. It is fun and effective!
After renting the game to initially test it with two large groups, we bought the Professional Edition to run this company-wide
Mary Lo-Samrick, Director of Training and OD,
NuVision Federal Credit Union
"I led The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine for our senior leadership team as part of the strategic planning initiative, since so many of the key learning points about Dutchman relate to the issues involved in creating and sharing a vision and getting people to act in alignment. It is far easier to talk about working together and collaborating for shared goals and outcomes than it is to actually do that, and Dutchman demonstrates that really well.
The beauty of the Dutchman game is not so much in the play but within the actualy debrief and what "nuggets of gold" can actually be mined within the discussion and its application to your organization. Senior Leaders are not always the most open to training simulations, but since we have done the activity, we are still talking about "aha's" that we have uncovered and plan to apply in our strategy for the upcoming year. I can recommend this game to anyone dealing with senior managers or large groups of people. It is fun, but it is also very effective. mage. Click to edit and add your own."
Ivette M. Helal, VP Human Resources
Thermo Fisher Scientific
I wanted to let you know that the feedback received from our team of global managers about the Lost Dutchman team building session was excellent. We couldn't have found a better tool to kick off our collaboration and process improvement efforts than this.
The exercise was a great way to generate that initial push toward working across normal boundaries like operations and research and marketing to make the real work of planning and implementing more effective.
There are few things like Dutchman that can work with senior managers to involve and engage them in organizational improvement efforts. Not to mention, it was tremendous fun too!
Thanks for your collaboration and openness during the planning of the event!
Lost Dutchman Versions
Available in 3 Versions. Making it possible to choose version which fits your organization/client needs based on group size.
