Facilitated by Phi-Lean
On quotation
On site, for 5 to 12 or 25 to 35 participants
- Phi-Lean facilitator and materials
- Debrief using your own data
- Written summary of the lessons
Three hours of play beat three days of lectures
Our serious games let teams experience what a lecture struggles to convey: the bullwhip effect, the weight of WIP, the power of pull flow, keeping calm in a crisis. The debrief then links the game to your own reality.
Supply chain and the bullwhip effect
The Beer Game
Four links in a supply chain, one beer, no talking between tables. Week after week, everyone orders from their supplier… and discovers how a small change in customer demand becomes a storm of inventory and stock-outs as it moves upstream.
- Participants
- 5 to 12 participants
- 25 to 35 participants, as a large group
- Duration
- 3 hours including debrief
What teams take away
- Understand the bullwhip effect first-hand
- Measure the cost of inventory and stock-outs
- Share information to stabilise the chain
Three ways to play
Physical kit
€690
excl. VAT, delivery to mainland France included
- Tokens and cards for up to 12 players
- Step-by-step facilitator guide
- Automated debrief spreadsheet
Not included : Game board not included
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Order confirmed by e-mail within 24 h
Print & Play
€89
incl. VAT, instant download
- Printable PDF files
- Facilitator guide
- Debrief spreadsheet
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Pull flow and Lean in services, for real
The Lean Café
The game is about setting up and running a real café in your company's entrance hall. Your colleagues are the customers, the orders are real, and so is the wait. Service after service, the team moves from push to pull and watches waiting time melt away without anyone working faster.
Watch The Lean Café on video- Participants
- 3 to 16 participants, plus every customer passing by
What teams take away
- See how batches and WIP drive lead time
- Balance stations to the customer’s pace
- Build standard work as a team
- Bring Lean to life in front of the whole company, not just in a training room
What will happen
Set up the café
The team builds the counter, the bakery and the till in the hall, shares out the roles and opens for service.
First service, push flow
Everything is prepared in advance to go fast: cups pile up, orders get mixed up, the queue grows.
Measure and analyse
Waiting time, mistakes, unsold items: the figures go on the table and the team redesigns its flow.
Next service, pull flow
Only what is ordered gets made, at the customer’s pace. Waiting melts away without anyone working faster.
Three ways to play
Facilitated by Phi-Lean
On quotation
Set up in your entrance hall, with a Phi-Lean facilitator
- Phi-Lean facilitator and game materials
- Mapping to your own processes
- Written summary of the lessons
Physical kit
€590
excl. VAT, delivery to mainland France included
- Cups and order cards
- Timers and measurement sheets
- Step-by-step facilitator guide
Not included : Coffee machine and kettles not included
Order the kit
Order confirmed by e-mail within 24 h
Print & Play
€89
incl. VAT, instant download
- Printable PDF files
- Facilitator guide
- Measurement sheets
Buy the Print & Play
Order confirmed by e-mail within 24 h
Role play for leadership teams
Leadership team crisis game
A “Crisis” card is drawn: an accident, a pollution event, a fire, a strike… The leadership team has to respond. This role play trains executives to think calmly, to tell urgent firefighting from strategic thinking, and to stay in control before the press gets involved.
- Participants
- For a leadership team
What teams take away
- Think calmly under pressure
- Tell urgent firefighting from strategic decisions
- Share out roles within the leadership team
- Prepare communication before the press gets involved
Facilitated by Phi-Lean : On quotation
On site, at a leadership off-site
- Crisis scenarios tailored to your business
- Facilitation and debrief by Phi-Lean
- Summary of the reflexes to put in place
Communication and influence with the DISC model
The DISC-Joker
A role-play game built on real-life situations, to understand your own reactions and those of others through the four DISC colours, and learn to influence by adapting to the person in front of you.
- Participants
- 5 to 12 participants
What teams take away
- Recognise the four DISC profiles in action
- Adapt your message to the person in front of you
- Defuse tension within a team
Facilitated by Phi-Lean : On quotation
On site, for a team or a group of managers
- Role plays tailored to your context
- Facilitation and debrief by Phi-Lean
- Written summary for each participant
In pictures
Facilitated, kit or Print & Play?
For The Beer Game and The Lean Café.
| Facilitated by Phi-Lean | Physical kit | Print & Play | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitator | A Phi-Lean consultant | Your in-house facilitator | Your in-house facilitator |
| Materials | Provided and collected | Delivered, reusable | Print them yourself |
| Debrief | Tailored, with your data | Guide and materials included | Guide and materials included |
| Best for | Off-sites, programme kick-offs | Repeated in-house training | Schools, trials, small budgets |
How a facilitated session runs
Briefing
Rules, roles and team objective, in fifteen minutes.
Play
Several rounds, measuring inventory, lead times, costs or decisions.
Analysis
Each team's results are projected and compared.
Debrief
Linking the game to your own organisation, and the first actions to launch.
Organise a session for your teams
Tell us which game, how many participants, where and when: we will suggest a format and send a quotation within two working days.