A values-based negotiation game
Objective: Make a difficult survival decision while balancing values, evidence, persuasion, and group pressure.
Setup: Join with the room PIN from your facilitator and enter your assigned team.
How to play: Review the scenario, deliberate with your team, submit your ranking or decision, and compare the reasoning after the reveal.
Your role: Argue your priorities clearly, listen for hidden assumptions, and help the team make a decision under constraint.
End condition: Debrief how the team handled tradeoffs, influence, disagreement, and moral pressure.
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Read the scenario carefully
A cargo ship is sinking in open water. The coast guard is hours away. The ship's single lifeboat holds 8 passengers.
There are 12 people on board. Your team must decide which 8 will be saved — and which 4 will be left behind.
There are no right answers. Only choices.
All teams have submitted
All selections are locked. Ready to reveal?
How did each team decide?
Thank you for playing.
The decisions were hard. The conversations were real. That is the point.