Collaboration Under Tension: Preparing Internal Mentors with Tim Wieringa in Cebu
- A French-headquartered digital transformation consultancy used Miki Island to prepare 12 middle managers for their role as internal mentors.
- The mentors played the simulation together and experienced how challenging collaboration becomes in a tense situation.
- A coach-led debrief after the game then gave them insight into what drives successful collaboration.
- Facilitated in Cebu by Tim Wieringa, a Miki Island partner, the session combined gameplay with a debrief.
💛 Collaboration Under Tension: Preparing Internal Mentors with Tim Wieringa in Cebu
A French-headquartered international digital transformation consultancy, with an extensive network across Asia, selected 12 middle managers to serve as internal mentors. In Cebu, they took part in a Miki Island session built around what that role asks of them.
Preparing Mentors for What the Role Asks 🌱
Helping someone else collaborate well starts with knowing what collaboration is like when it gets difficult.
That was the thinking behind a mentorship program workshop in Cebu, where 12 middle managers, each selected as an internal mentor, played Miki Island together.
Objectives 🎯
- The mentors act as custodians of the company’s values which center on a people-centric team spirit
- The mentors learn how to enable mentees to deliver projects successfully through collaboration.
- The participants also discovered how to create and nourish learning situations that enable personal development.
Into the Simulation 🏝️
Miki Island is a simulation played by teams. As the game develops, communication, resource allocation and decision-making unfold under pressure, and the way a group handles them becomes visible to everyone in the room, including the facilitator. More than 300,000 people across 35+ countries have played it.
The Impact 🚀
- With the Miki Island simulation the participants discovered the challenges of collaboration in a tense situation
- The coach-led debrief brings insights to the drivers of successful collaboration.
- The simulation’s playful nature created a fruitful learning atmosphere.
What the Debrief Made Visible 💡
After the game, the session moved into a coach-led debrief. In a Miki Island debrief, the group looks back at what happened during the game, connects it to everyday work, and identifies key takeaways.
That connection to everyday work is what the mentors can carry back into their roles. The insight they gained into the drivers of successful collaboration is something to use when they support a mentee on a project.
Facilitated in Cebu 🤝
The session was delivered in Cebu by Tim Wieringa, a Miki Island partner. It combined gameplay with a coach-led debrief, so the mentors had both the experience and a way to make sense of it.
Conclusion
- Mentors are asked to help others collaborate, and that is easier once you have felt how challenging collaboration can be. Miki Island gave these 12 managers that experience in a tense but playful setting, and the coach-led debrief gave them a way to understand what makes it work. Any organisation preparing its people to guide others could use the same starting point.
