Exit Strategy Observation

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When I first arrived at Exit Strategy I wasn’t sure what to expect because I had never participated in this type of group activity. The group tour guide was very entertaining and made the experience even more fun. At the start we filled out our waiver forms and went to a room where the tour guide explained all of the rules of the game and safety tips. Our assignment was called “Lost in Space” and there were five Wake Forest group members participating. The hallways of the building were very narrow with dim lighting. After listening to the rules, we exited the room and headed over to the spacecraft where the assignment would take place. This indoor simulator was designed to mirror a real vehicle or machine that could fly in outer space. Once on board the …show more content…

I observed that we were all moving quickly to try and solve the mission before time ran out. We had about 15 minutes left so we decided to ask for another clue. The tour guide led us to a monitor near the switch board and we had to use the glasses to see what the screen showed. By this time, we were all anxious to figure out how to exit and time wasn’t on our side. My overall observation was that we took a share leadership approach. There were times when one group member would be leading the effort but then someone else may find a clue and that leadership role would shift to a new person. This act of shared leadership seem to be naturally happening however I think having more assigned accountability may have produce better results and would have made the most use of the time. I think we could have benefited from having a central location to place all of the items that we found so that we could all visibly see them at any time. Once we got closer to solving the mission, we got really excited because the lights around the polls started to glow as two of the group members worked in the space with the

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