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Acquaintance with culture

Informing new staff members about processes, procedures and systems is well ordered in most organisations. But getting new staff used to cultural values and behavioural rules can often be much trickier: it usually involves a personal voyage of discovery over a longer period of time.Trigon was developed to make new staff members familiar with the culture of your organisation in an enjoyable manner and in short amount of time. This takes place by stimulating participants to get a dialog going about situations which they might encounter in their professional surroundings.

How does Trigon work?

Trigon is played by four to six players around a large game board. The participants determine how they want to play each round. They may chose from the following elements:

• Events: these are recognizable, realistic events in the day to day operations of the organisation 
• Questions: even if they do not know the answer, just by addressing the question a lot of information is put forward 
• Dilemmas in the work situation: the dilemmas are briefly outlined and each dilemma includes three possible responses. The formulation of the dilemmas and the possible choices invite the participants to discuss: Why did that person make that choice? Has anyone experienced a similar situation and how did he/she respond?

What does Trigon produce?

After the game has ended, a winner is announced. Each participant receives feedback about their individual final score which gives them insight into the manner in which they consciously or unconsciously deal with dilemmas in a work situation, both in general and specifically in the organization. Furthermore, they have had the opportunity to get acquainted with (future) colleagues and the culture of the organisation in an informal setting. The character profile provides the participants with a model which they can use on a daily basis to start conversations and keep talking about manifold issues.