A leading engineering firm specialized in the manufacturing of long-distance passenger trains wanted to diversify their market. They decided to build light rail vehicles to serve major agglomerations and their suburbs. Seeking to engage its entire workforce, the company decided to educate all its employees about the engineering process and the upcoming project.

Our solution

To improve the employees’ understanding of this complex process, we gathered them all together in a banquet hall. We seated eight people, each of whom worked in a different field, around the tables in the room. On each one, we had placed a few laptops, which would present the engineering process to the employees, let them take part in a construction game and provide them with an assembly guide. Working step by step, the teams fulfilled their mission: build a locomotive according to the company’s engineering methods.

Benefits         

Assembling employees who performed different activities within the company around a table to have them cooperate and build an object while learning about the engineering process proved to be an excellent idea. It was an enriching team building exercise that created a basis for healthy cooperation. In addition, the company’s engineering activities took on a tangible significance for each person.