About The Search for the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
A World-Acclaimed Experiential Learning Tool Focused on Collaboration, Alignment, Leadership and Implementation of Optimized Performance.
Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
Do You Want To
- Break down the silo culture at work?
- Align employee goals with organizational goals?
- Imbibe positivity, creativity, and proactiveness in teams?
- Give employees the confidence to make faster decisions?
- Encourage teams to collaborate rather than compete?
- Build a sense of trust in leadership?
The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine has been PMC's flagship team building simulation since 1993 and has been helping all kinds of organizations on a global scale, resulting in dramatic improvements in communication, collaboration, leadership, resource management and team dynamics. It encourages employees of different levels to up their performance and add value to the organization.
The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine gives your group
Reach
Our facilitation tools are used by consultants and organizations of repute all over the world.
For over 25 years, Dutchman has entertained and enlightened thousands of participants worldwide and we have the testimonials to prove it.
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How the game unfolds?
BRIEFING SESSION
TIME TO STRATEGIZE
FUN, INTERACTIVE GAME PLAY
LEARNING THROUGH DEBRIEFING
Picture This:-
Your teams will find themselves in the modern-day Southwestern United States in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona where they will go on a search for gold from the famous Lost Dutchman's Mine, first discovered by Jacob Waltz in the 1860s and lost in the Phoenix flood of 1891.
Outfitted with all the supplies and support needed for success, it's up to each team and the choices they make regarding the use of the resources and information available that will impact the amount of gold that they'll mine. Challenges and opportunities exist that will affect their decisions.

The Goal is to mine as much Gold as WE Can!
Collaboration between teams visibly and measurably improves team and group performance results with competition clearly sub-optimizing results ("The Goal is to mine as much Gold as WE Can!"). During the debriefing, the Expedition Leader (facilitator) establishes clear links to game behavior and desired organizational behaviors impacting collaboration, innovation, quality, motivation and leadership.
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DURATION OF THE GAME
Deliver: 3.5 hours | Debriefing: 90+ minutes
IDEAL TEAM SIZE
20–200+ in a conference seating
IDEAL PARTICIPANTS
Cross-functional teams, managers to senior / top management teams
FACILITATION EXPERIENCE
It is straightforward and simple to deliver and does not require extensive facilitation experience.


