Intercultural Escape Game
– Trompenaars Edition

Intercultural Escape Game – Trompenaars Edition

A collaborative experience that reveals cultural patterns and builds shared understanding.

What This Session Helps With

Use this session when:

• Cultural differences are causing friction, but no one’s quite sure how or why

• Communication styles, work habits, or decision-making approaches clash

• Your team needs a shared vocabulary to understand how people operate differently — and why

• You want to explore these dynamics through active learning, not lectures

What Happens

Your team plays a browser-based Serious Game — a virtual equivalent of an escape room — that requires collaboration under time pressure. As the team works together, individual and group behavior patterns surface naturally: who leads, who listens, who checks in, who pushes ahead.

But this isn’t just a game followed by a reflection. Throughout the session, we pause for brief, guided moments of observation and meaning-making. Participants reflect on what’s happening in the moment, supported by the Trompenaars cultural model, and begin to shape a team plan to collaborate more effectively.

That plan is then tested in the next round of gameplay — giving the team a chance to try new strategies, adapt roles, and see what actually works. This cycle may repeat several times: → observe → reflect → plan → re-apply → improve.

Cultural Model Used

Trompenaars’ Seven Dimensions of Culture
These provide a neutral, structured way to explore differences in values and working styles — and connect them to observable team behavior.

Practical Info

• Format: Online or in-person

• Duration: Half day (approx. 3.5 hours) or full day (6–7 hours)

• Group size: Ideal for 4–12 participants (larger groups possible with adapted format)

• Language: Available in English or Dutch

• Customization: Session is tailored to your team’s context, goals, and industry

Typical Investment

Most sessions range from €1,500 to €1,800, depending on duration and format.
Additional preparation or customization (if needed) may add around €600 — though in most cases, that’s not required.

There’s also a fixed license fee of €89 per participant for access to the Serious Game used in this session. This ensures high-quality gameplay and ongoing development of the tool.

You’ll always receive a clear, realistic quote based on your situation — no surprises.

How It’s Adapted

Every team is different. Some teams are just forming. Others are in transition. Some are thriving and want to fine-tune how they work. This session is always adapted to reflect your team’s current reality — not a generic case study.

We’ll discuss your context ahead of time to ensure that the game structure, interventions, and reflection points are meaningful and engaging for your team.

Outcomes

By the end of the session, your team will have:

• A shared understanding of your team’s cultural mix

• Insight into individual behaviors and assumptions during collaboration

• A team-created plan of action — tested and improved during gameplay

• A neutral, respectful way to talk about differences going forward

Ready to explore this session?

If this sounds like it might be right for your team, let’s talk.