# The Crisis Room

> A full-day decision simulation with a live control room feeding the team real pressure — incomplete information, a moving clock and consequences that compound. The premium end of facilitated work.

Package K-03 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Facilitated team building](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/facilitated-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/the-crisis-room/

- **Duration:** 10 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 08:00 — the simulation needs an uninterrupted eight-hour block
- **Departure window:** 07:30–08:30
- **Group size:** 15 min — 40 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai or Abu Dhabi — hotel conference floor with a main room and three breakouts
- **Season:** Year-round
- **Booking lead time:** 28 days — the scenario is written against the client's own sector and that takes four weeks

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 15–24 people | AED 1,450 | 19 people |
| 25–39 people | AED 1,250 | — |
| 40+ people | AED 1,120 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 22–24 are billed as 25 people at the rate for 25–39 people; groups of 36–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

There is no retail version and there is no cheap version. The comparison is a **crisis-management consultancy at AED 80,000–150,000 for the same day**, or a tabletop exercise run internally — which fails for the same reason internal facilitation fails: the people writing the injections are the people being tested.

What makes this expensive is what makes it work. The scenario is **written against the client's sector over four weeks**, so the regulator is their regulator and the supplier failure is one they have genuinely lain awake about. A **three-person control room** runs it live, which means the second escalation is a consequence of a decision the team actually made at 09:40 — not a scripted beat that would have landed anyway.

And it is **filmed.** Two people face live questioning on camera at 13:00 and watch themselves back at 17:00. Nothing else in this catalog produces that.

**Sell it to a leadership team that has never been tested together**, or one that has just been through something real and does not want to be surprised the same way twice. It is not a team-building day. Do not let it be bought as one.

## Timeline

- **−28 days** — Scenario design begins. Sector research, client briefing, the crisis is built around their actual operating reality
- **−7 days** — Sponsor sign-off on the scenario. Participants receive role packs and know nothing else
- **08:00** — Arrival, coffee, role confirmation. Rooms assigned
- **08:30** — T-0. The scenario opens. First injection lands within four minutes
- **09:00** — Control room begins live injections — media queries, a regulator, an internal leak, a supplier failure
- **11:00** — First escalation. The situation worsens because of a decision the team made at 09:40, not at random
- **12:00** — Working lunch — the clock does not stop
- **13:00** — Press conference. Two nominated participants face live questioning on camera
- **14:30** — Second escalation. Resource constraint forces a choice the team has been avoiding
- **16:00** — T+8. Simulation closes
- **16:15** — Hot debrief — what happened, in the room's own words, before anyone rationalises it
- **17:00** — Structured debrief — the control room's timeline against the team's decisions, with the press conference footage
- **18:00** — Close
- **+7 days** — Decision review pack delivered — annotated timeline, decision points, footage, recommendations

## Included

- Bespoke scenario written against the client's own sector, signed off by the sponsor before the day
- Participant role packs issued a week ahead
- Simulation designer and three-person control room running live injections all day
- Senior facilitator leading both debriefs
- Hotel conference floor — main room plus three breakouts, full day
- Breakout AV and comms kit — the injections arrive the way real ones do, by phone, email and screen
- Filmed press conference with on-camera questioning
- Day delegate catering — two breaks and a working lunch
- Branded setup
- Photographer, half day
- Decision review pack within 7 working days — annotated timeline, decision points, footage, written recommendations
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Transport (priced on request; most clients walk from an adjacent hotel)
- Overnight accommodation
- Follow-up simulation (see add-ons)
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** None — fully indoor.
- **Fallback:** Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate conference floor; the comms kit is portable by design. Control-room failure is the real risk — the simulation cannot run below three operators, and a two-person control room produces a slow, unconvincing day, which serves the client worse than a new date would. If the third operator is unavailable, we reschedule.
- **You are told by:** Immediate, to the sponsor, by phone. Rescheduling is our call on this package, not the client's, because it turns on our operator cover.

## Customisation options

- Second simulation at 6 months, same team, escalated scenario: AED 1,050/person
- Board observer track — non-participating directors watching from the control room: AED 4,800/event
- Extended media training block, half day before the simulation: AED 380/person
- Individual decision-making feedback per participant: AED 5,600/event
- Overnight format across two days with an evening reset: Priced on C-01 or a hotel package
- Full video edit of the day, 8 minutes: AED 3,200
- Regulator or sector expert playing a live role: AED 4,500/event

## Questions about The Crisis Room

### How much does The Crisis Room cost per person?

AED 1,450 per person for 15–24 people; AED 1,250 per person for 25–39 people; AED 1,120 per person for 40+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 19 people in the 15–24 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 22–24 are billed as 25 people at the rate for 25–39 people; groups of 36–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40+ people.

### How long does The Crisis Room take, and when does it start?

10 hrs. Ideal start: 08:00 — the simulation needs an uninterrupted eight-hour block. Departure window: 07:30–08:30.

### What is not included in The Crisis Room?

Transport (priced on request; most clients walk from an adjacent hotel); Overnight accommodation; Follow-up simulation (see add-ons); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to The Crisis Room if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — fully indoor. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate conference floor; the comms kit is portable by design. Control-room failure is the real risk — the simulation cannot run below three operators, and a two-person control room produces a slow, unconvincing day, which serves the client worse than a new date would. If the third operator is unavailable, we reschedule. You are told: Immediate, to the sponsor, by phone. Rescheduling is our call on this package, not the client's, because it turns on our operator cover.

### How far in advance do we need to book The Crisis Room?

The booking lead time is 28 days — the scenario is written against the client's own sector and that takes four weeks. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Escape rooms for team building in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/escape-room-team-building-dubai/): Why a team of 30 can't do one escape room together, when a facilitated version earns the extra cost, and real prices from AED 420 a person.
- [Leadership offsite ideas, and an agenda that holds](https://offsyte.ae/blog/leadership-offsite-ideas-agenda/): What to run when the offsite is for the leadership team, not the whole company — formats, a working agenda, and the two failure modes that waste the day.

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