Patient Zero
Leadership and Team Decision Making Simulation
Simulation Overview
This simulation is grounded in the Adaptive Leadership framework, designed to challenge participants to make difficult decisions in a crisis with incomplete information and profound ethical ambiguity. Learners collaboratively define their own fictional country's values, culture, and resource structure before facing five challenging, timed events. The experience highlights the tension between stated organizational values and actual behavior, demanding strategic decision-making and robust conflict resolution to mobilize progress on complex problems for which existing expertise is insufficient.
Players
Multiplayer
Single Player
Languages
English
Simulation Time
Total Time: 125
Intro 5, Gameplay 60, Debrief 60
Accessibility
WCAG 2.0 Compliance
Price
$165 per person
Simulation Categories
The Story


Learners take on the roles of high-ranking government officials as an unfolding zombie pandemic grips their nation. Before the crisis escalates, they must collaboratively forge a coherent national identity, defining their government, economy, and core values to allocate critical resources. Over five intense, timed events, they will confront severe moral dilemmas and must make these choices with incomplete information and under the pressure of profound disagreement within their own team, forcing them to lead effectively when every choice involves monumental consequences for their country. At the end of the simulation, learners are informed of the state of their country, including infection rate, public morale, and the likelihood of collapse, and they must then rebound from the losses and setbacks of the pandemic to lead their country safely into the future.
Core Competencies
Adaptability
Effective Teamwork
Decision Making Under Pressure
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Ethical Leadership and Responsibility
Strategic Decision Making
Resilience
Learning Objectives
Resources to Power Your Simulation
This simulation comes with a Facilitation Guide along with 1:1 facilitator training and free trial accounts.
Available with this simulation
Quick Start Guide
Facilitation Guide
Debrief Slides
Student Video
Free Trial & Demo
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