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K-02 Facilitated team building Year-round

Signal & Noise

Four escape rooms, a private venue, and a facilitated debrief that turns "we ran out of time" into something the team can actually use on Monday.

A team mid-programme on Signal & Noise — Dubai, private venue buyout, Al Quoz or Business Bay.
Illustrative
Duration
4.5 hrs
Ideal start time
13:00 — an afternoon slot leaves the client's morning intact
Departure window
09:00–14:00
Group size
16 min — 48 max
Emirate / venue
Dubai — private venue buyout, Al Quoz or Business Bay
Season
Year-round. Fully indoor.
Booking lead time
10 days

Why this is not the retail version

A public escape room booking is AED 150–200 a person. Eight people book a room, they win or they lose, they go for coffee, and nothing about how the team works is different the next morning. That is a nice afternoon and it is not what a company should be buying with an engagement budget.

Three things are different here. The venue is bought out — no strangers, no waiting on a public slot, the group moves as one. There are two rotations, so a team that got lucky on an easy room cannot claim the result. And there is a facilitator in the building the whole time whose job is not the game.

The debrief is the product. It is 75 minutes on what the observer actually saw — the person who solved it in minute four and was talked over, the team that never once said "I don't know". A room full of people recognise themselves in that, and it is why the escape room is the vehicle and not the point.

Position it against K-01, not against a retail booking. It is the entry rung of facilitated work — a third of the price of the Alignment Day, no pre-work, and the right answer for a team that is functional but not candid.

The day, minute by minute

Timeline

  1. 13:00 Transfer from client office. Arrival, welcome, teams announced
  2. 13:20 Observation brief. Facilitator explains what is actually being watched — who speaks, who is heard, what happens to information
  3. 13:40 Round one. Four teams, four rooms, 60 minutes. Facilitator observes across all four
  4. 14:45 Break and refreshments
  5. 15:00 Round two. Rooms rotate — every team faces a puzzle type it did not see first
  6. 16:05 Teams reconvene
  7. 16:15 The debrief. Not scores. What the observer saw: where information got lost, who had the answer and did not say it, how the group handled being wrong
  8. 17:15 Commitments — three things this team changes about how it communicates
  9. 17:30 Close and transfer back

Included

  • Return transfer from client office
  • Private venue buyout — four rooms, no members of the public, group runs on its own schedule
  • Two full rotations so no team competes on a room it has already seen
  • Facilitated observation and debrief by an independent practitioner, present in the venue throughout
  • Working lunch or refreshments depending on slot
  • Branded welcome setup and team signage
  • Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
  • Written debrief summary within 3 working days
  • Event coordinator on site

Not included

Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.

  • Psychometric instruments
  • Follow-up sessions (see add-ons)
  • Alcohol
  • 5% VAT

Weather & backup plan

Trigger
None — fully indoor, short transfer.
Fallback
Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate venue in the same district at 48 hours' notice. Facilitator illness is covered by a contracted named backup; unlike K-01 there is no pre-work to inherit, so the substitution is clean.
You are told by
Immediate if the venue moves.

Customisation options

Extend to a full day with a third rotation and a longer debrief AED 180/person
Written individual feedback for team leads AED 2,400/event
90-day follow-up session, half day AED 6,500/event
Dinner after the debrief AED 65–90/person
Videographer + edited reel AED 1,200
Branded t-shirts AED 45–90/person
Upgrade to a competing-departments format across two venues AED 4,800/event

Questions about Signal & Noise

How much does Signal & Noise cost per person?
AED 530 per person for 16–29 people; AED 470 per person for 30–47 people; AED 420 per person for 48+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 27 people in the 16–29 band, 31 people in the 30–47 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 28–29 are billed as 31 people at the rate for 30–47 people; groups of 43–47 are billed as 48 people at the rate for 48+ people.
How long does Signal & Noise take, and when does it start?
4.5 hrs. Ideal start: 13:00 — an afternoon slot leaves the client's morning intact. Departure window: 09:00–14:00.
What is not included in Signal & Noise?
Psychometric instruments; Follow-up sessions (see add-ons); Alcohol; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.
What happens to Signal & Noise if the weather turns?
Trigger: None — fully indoor, short transfer. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate venue in the same district at 48 hours' notice. Facilitator illness is covered by a contracted named backup; unlike K-01 there is no pre-work to inherit, so the substitution is clean. You are told: Immediate if the venue moves.
How far in advance do we need to book Signal & Noise?
The booking lead time is 10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

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