Skip to content 
Experience the magic of Miki Island, where engaging narrative and dynamic gameplay elevate team performance!
🏝️ Play your way to better team performance
From 5 to 500 participants!
Serious Game
Research-Based
Virtual or F2F delivery
Bite Size Learning
Integrated Team Assessment
Miki Island is a serious game designed to help teams build the foundations of high performance.
Grounded in behavioral science and the 4 stages of team development, it gives teams a safe, engaging environment to experiment, reflect, and grow together.
By practicing key behaviors like trust, alignment, and collective ownership, teams accelerate their development and unlock their full potential.
🧠 Inside the Learning Design of Miki Island
A purpose-driven learning design built to spark real behavior change in teams.
The Miki Island experience follows a dynamic, continuous cycle of growth. Participants begin by playing the game, immersing themselves in real-time challenges and decisions.
They then reflect on their actions and outcomes, gaining key insights into their team dynamics.
From there, they learn from these reflections and apply new strategies, taking immediate action to enhance their performance.
The replay-ability of the game allows for the cycle to repeat, driving continuous improvement and practice of the behaviours of success.
🧠 The 4 Stages of Team Development in Miki Island
In Miki Island, teams progress through the 4 Stages of Team Development by practicing and mastering the behaviors that drive high performance. To succeed in the game, teams must evolve from Stage 1 (Dependency & Inclusion) to Stage 3 or 4 (Work and Productivity), continuously improving their collaboration, trust, and decision-making.
The Miki Island Story & Narrative
The immersive story of Miki Island is designed to emotionally engage participants, creating a shared experience that deepens connection, sparks reflection, and makes the learning truly memorable.
Picture this! You and your team have just been rewarded with an exclusive end-of-the-year retreat to Hawaii for your exceptional teamwork. You board the plane with everything you need – sun cream, bikinis, and good vibes!
On board, you meet the world-famous adventurer, Grizz. As you soar over the breathtaking Miki Island in the Pacific Ocean, Grizz regales you with tales of her daring discoveries on the island.
Did you know “Miki” means “Quick & Nimble” in Hawaiian? You have to be lightning-fast to survive there!
Then suddenly, your plane faces technical issues. The rapid atmospheric drop knocks out everyone on board, and the plane crashes on Miki Island.
Together, you must navigate the treacherous island jungle to reach the only rescue point, or everyone dies. But time is not on your side – you have a limited number of days to reach the marine base on the other side of the island, and information is scarce!
Welcome to Miki Island!
The Gameplay
After immersing participants in the story and explaining the mission, teams step into action together. Teams work in small groups to experience the dynamics of teamwork under pressure, practicing essential behaviors in a safe, high-energy environment.
The game is not about winning individually—it’s about learning how to win as a team.
- Collaborative Gameplay in teams of 5
- Strategic decision-making
- Navigating uncertainty and adapting
- Aligning on shared goals and collective priorities
- Shifting from individual contribution to group performance
In-Game Challenges where Teamwork is not an option –but a the key to survival.
Roughly 40% of teams don’t make it in Miki Island on the first try.
KEY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Food and water are scarce, so the team must carefully plan their moves across the island.
KEY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
The team has 60 minutes to reach the rescue point. Can they make a team decision, or will it become a one-person show?
KEY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
It’s never what you expect on Miki Island, so the team must adjust its strategies based on what they know before it’s too late.
KEY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
The team is on their own, and they only have 3 chances to "stop & reflect" during the game to keep a level head and assess the situation.
The team’s performance in Miki Island is directly connected to their ability to demonstrate and apply the behaviors and characteristics of high performing teams!
Win in the game = Win at work!
The skills and behaviors practiced in the game directly translate to real-world impact, helping teams improve collaboration, decision-making, and performance back at work.
High Performing Teams. And Other Learning Outcomes.
From agile transformation to high-performing teams, Miki Island adapts to your goals. Fun and impactful, Miki Island brings serious results through play.
HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
STRATEGY
PROBLEM SOLVING
CULTURE
TRUST
Real Work. Real Impact.
The skills and behaviors practiced in the game directly translate to real-world impact, helping teams improve collaboration, decision-making, and performance back at work.
I am impressed by the amount of real work-life value teams have taken from this journey. Not only it was interesting, but it’s applicable. The set of changes in behavior and attitudes initiated have boosted the agile growth and performance of our teams.
Bram De Block
Miki Island experiential learning program is a great way to practice teamwork for performance improvement. The combination of doing and reflecting as well as being both concrete and theoretical is promising for learnings about team development!
Christian Jacobsson
Engaging and hands-on, Miki Island is a concrete experience, devoid of abstraction or theory, offering all the essential elements of real-life scenarios. It highlights common pitfalls: unclear objectives or misalignment within teams, the importance of understanding individual roles and the necessity for collaboration to maximize team effectiveness, unexpected challenges, such as a sudden hurricane, mirroring the unpredictability of real-world situations. Miki Island assesses the team's agility and collaborative spirit during crises, showcasing the relevance and applicability of its lessons to real-life scenarios.
Bhavik Vashi
The journey brought the regional team together and created an inclusive and connective tissue between colleagues. It was a very immersive and energizing journey to facilitate our teams’ key learnings of high performing teams, inclusive collaboration and agile decision making all for performance improvement back at work!
Anne Lepissier GENERAL MANAGER, MICROSOFT