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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. Smaller groups are welcome and are billed at the band's minimum chargeable persons (27 for the 16–29 band, 31 for the 30–47 band).
How long does Signal & Noise take, and when does it start?
4.5 hrs. 13:00 — an afternoon slot leaves the client's morning intact Departure window: 09:00–14:00. The published timeline is door-to-door and already includes the transfer.
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?
None — fully indoor, short transfer. The documented fallback is: 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.. Immediate if the venue moves.
How far in advance do we need to book Signal & Noise?
10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

Who you are actually booking with

Written terms
Inclusions and exclusions on every package
Settled before signature, not at invoice
Contingency
Named fallback on every outdoor programme
Weather trigger and notification deadline on record

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