Around The World

Global Trading Simulation Game - A real cross-cultural collaboration in action!

20-200pax | 2-3 hours | Indoor

Around the World is an interactive experiential learning programme designed to help teams practise real-world negotiation and cross-cultural collaboration through experience, not theory. Instead of learning frameworks in isolation, participants are immersed in a live global trading simulation where decisions, behaviours, and communication choices immediately shape outcomes.
 

Set in a fast-moving marketplace, participants work in teams to negotiate, trade, and collaborate under time pressure while navigating different cultural expectations, communication styles, and approaches to decision-making. The simulation recreates the complexity of today’s global workplace, where success depends not only on technical expertise, but on the ability to read situations, manage expectations, and adapt behaviour across borders.
 

What to Expect:

Throughout the programme, participants go through multiple cycles of action, reflection, and re-application. As trading rounds unfold, teams experience common cross-cultural challenges first-hand: differences in pace, directness, trust-building, disagreement, and decision logic. These moments create natural tension, misunderstanding, and breakthroughs,exactly the conditions where meaningful learning happens.

Rather than being told what “good negotiation” looks like, participants discover how the same behaviour can be interpreted very differently depending on cultural context. They learn to recognise when friction is caused not by competence or intent, but by misaligned expectations.

Who It’s For / Best For?

Around the World is designed for organisations operating in diverse, cross-cultural environments, including:

• Global and regional teams

• People managers and emerging leaders

• Sales, commercial, and business development teams

• Project teams working across markets or functions

• Professionals who negotiate with internal and external stakeholders
  
  The programme is particularly effective for teams who want:

• Improve collaboration across cultures

• Navigate differences in communication and decision-making styles

• Build confidence in negotiation without relying on scripts or rigid frameworks

• Learn through experience rather than classroom instruction

Ultimately, Around the World reinforces a simple but powerful idea. Effective negotiation in a global environment is not about having the right answers; it is about asking better questions, reading situations accurately, and adapting behaviour with awareness and confidence.