Operation Crucible

Operation Crucible

Is a tried and tested 8 hour programme that assesses and enhances the resilience of senior teams with a real-world tabletop exercise brought to life and facilitated by the Amicus team. Developed with methodology used by British military leaders and contingency planners for handling crises, participants spend a day being tested, in person, with key leadership principles identified and developed throughout.

Operation Crucible challenges thinking under pressure, temperament and teamwork and is set in a highly realistic, non-commercial, humanitarian crisis scenario. It goes beyond ‘admiring the problem’ to making tough decisions and planning to deliver clear outcomes. Advice and tutelage are provided by expert mentors with extensive on-the-ground operational expertise, and a structured check-in is conducted a month after the initial exercise.

Learning outcomes

• Making decisions in the midst of a highly complex pressurised scenario
• Handling multiple stakeholders, focusing on setting the appropriate tone and making values-led decisions
• Exploring collaborative decision-making in a team environment: the balance between ‘me’ and ‘we’
• Recognising and understanding how leadership can be distorted under stress to the point of becoming ‘toxic’
• Anticipating the aftermath – what the impact will be on reputation, both internally and externally
• Developing competence through the advice of mentors with a proven record of leadership in emergency situations
• Communications including media handling

Duration: 8 hours with structured check-in after 1 month
Delivery: In-person
Level: Middle and senior management
Participants: min 6 max 50 operating in teams of 2-4
Develops: Resilience, teamwork, leadership and accountability
Type: Operational Resilience