This activity is heavy in problem solving, communication, initiative, and inter-personal skills. The goal is for the group to determine a pathway that will achieve business success by attaining a predetermined goal. This goal is marked by the placement of a bandanna in a visual location. Group members are able to see this goal and are challenged to plot a course that will allow them to find this goal while utilizing blindfolds. The symbolism revolves around company goal setting and then defining roles and resources to attain the goal.
Blindfolds represent the unknown element of business.
Vision, organizational change, flexibility, and communication of expectations are clear themes that appear from this exercise. Trained facilitators help participants share their experiences and relate them to their work environment. It requires the group to accomplish a task of depressing items, in numbered sequence, in the fastest time possible. Errors and rule violations are monitored and recorded. The groups have three attempts to demonstrate the fastest time and fewest errors.