True North Foundations

From Campus to Workplace.
Build Your Professional True North.

A customized immersive survival simulation for university graduates and early-career talent. Using "voyage survival" as a metaphor, participants journey from "workplace island" to "team rescue ship" — building the professional foundations needed to thrive in the real world.

Over a 30-day virtual voyage, participants play crew roles under the Captain's leadership, facing workplace rules, role clarity, and team collaboration challenges. Teams earn five medals — Consensus, Trust, Collaboration, Execution, and Renewal — to achieve the True North Star.

Course Format

Duration3–6 hours
Group Size10–200 participants
Sand Table FormatDesktop sand table + WeChat mini program; 5–8 per group, inter-group PK
Teaching Format50% knowledge delivery + 50% sand table simulation

Course Objectives

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Build Professional Foundations

Quickly understand workplace rules and priorities. Set reasonable goals and action plans. Master the full workflow of goal-setting → task breakdown → resource allocation → process control → risk response. Develop the habit of "plan first, act thoughtfully."

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Clarify Role Value & Personal Strengths

Understand each role's core responsibilities. Assess personal strengths and gaps through "capability inventory → value extraction → scenario application." Shift from individual contributor to team collaborator.

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Break Collaboration Barriers

Experience the five team elements — consensus, trust, collaboration, execution, renewal. Master conflict management and consensus-building. Proactively identify team pain points and contribute unique value.

Three Career Ladders

The course is structured around three progressive stages of professional development:

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Reliable & Trustworthy

Master workplace rules quickly. Set reasonable goals. Avoid common early-career mistakes in communication, execution, and technical work. Practice "plan first, act thoughtfully."

02

Clear Role Positioning

Map game roles to Belbin team roles (Executor, Monitor-Evaluator, Resource Investigator, Team Worker, Specialist, Coordinator). Understand how to leverage strengths and present value to leadership.

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Enable Team Collaboration

High-level collaboration comes from high-level independence. Understand the five dysfunctions of teams. Assess risks and opportunities. Embed personal growth within team needs.

Course Outline

Module 1 · Opening

From Island to Journey

Knowledge: Stranded on a deserted island with a rescue ship on the horizon — this is not just survival, but a team expedition of challenge and discovery toward your professional True North.

Module 2 · Rules Introduction

Days 1–2: Earn the Consensus Medal

Simulation: Navigate from confusion on the island to clarity on how to reach the rescue ship. Debrief: Obtain sail or compass; earn the Consensus Medal. Knowledge: The foundation of teamwork is early goal consensus — vision alignment, values synergy, and execution path analysis.

Module 3 · Simulation Round 1

Days 3–10: Resource Management & Career Ladder 1

Simulation & Debrief: Execute the plan and improve team success rates. Knowledge: Effective resource orchestration — analyzing role strengths and weaknesses, making trade-offs for maximum combined force. Career Ladder 1 — Reliable & Trustworthy: Master workplace rules quickly; set reasonable goals; avoid common early-career mistakes in communication, execution, and technical work; practice "plan first, act thoughtfully" through goal-setting → task breakdown → resource allocation → process control → risk response.

Module 4 · Simulation Round 2

Days 11–20: Five Team Elements & Career Ladder 2

Simulation: Adjust strategy and explore the five team elements. Debrief: Deep dive into each medal earned or missed — the key to earning the True North Star. Knowledge: Consensus, trust, collaboration, execution, renewal — and how high-frequency information sync drives team performance. Career Ladder 2 — Clear Role Positioning: Map game roles to workplace functions (Executor, Monitor-Evaluator, Resource Investigator, Coordinator, Specialist, Team Worker); leverage strengths and present value to leadership.

Module 5 · Simulation Round 3

Days 21–30: Earn the True North Star

Simulation: Collect all five medals; final results announced. Knowledge — Career Ladder 3: High-level collaboration comes from high-level independence; understand the five dysfunctions of teams; assess risks and opportunities; embed personal growth within team needs.

Module 6 · Closing

True North in Your Heart

Review the five elements of excellent teams: consensus, trust, collaboration, execution, renewal. True North is not the rescue ship — it lives within the team. When all five elements are present, any storm can be weathered. Encourage every participant to become a contributor and architect of team growth.

🎖 Consensus 🎖 Trust 🎖 Collaboration 🎖 Execution 🎖 Renewal ⭐ True North Star

Help early-career talent build the professional foundations needed to succeed — not through lectures, but through consequences experienced in a dynamic simulation.

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