You run a tour bus company. Big events are coming. Your ratings need to stay high and your revenue needs to keep flowing. You can see the challenges ahead — you just don’t know exactly how they’ll land.
This game isn’t about having the right answer. It’s about being ready for multiple possible futures at once.
What the game is
Chaos on the Tour Bus is a strategic thinking and scenario planning simulation. Participants manage tour bus operations, balancing ratings and revenue while preparing for unpredictable events. The game rewards teams who think ahead, prepare contingencies, and negotiate smartly with other operators — and exposes those who react to each new challenge from scratch.
Deals can be struck. Alliances can be formed. The future is uncertain, but it’s not entirely unknowable — if you’re thinking about it carefully enough.
What it reveals
Chaos on the Tour Bus surfaces how leaders think about the future when the future is genuinely unclear.
You see who prepares for multiple scenarios and who bets on a single outcome. Who builds optionality into their strategy and who locks in early decisions that become liabilities later. How teams handle the gap between the future they planned for and the one that actually arrives. Whether people negotiate proactively from a position of preparation or reactively from a position of pressure.
The debrief draws out practical frameworks for scenario thinking and strategic preparation — grounded in the specific choices made during the game.
Who it’s for
Chaos on the Tour Bus works well for senior leaders and strategy teams who need to get sharper at planning under uncertainty. It’s also effective for teams navigating significant change — where the challenge isn’t executing a clear plan but preparing well for a range of possible paths.
It’s one of the stronger games for organisations in volatile industries or periods of rapid growth, where thinking in scenarios is a genuine operational advantage.
Logistics
- Group size: 15 to 50 participants
- Duration: 3 to 4 hours including debrief
- Format: In-person
- Facilitated by: Arvindh Sundar