What does it cost?

A day in the room runs between ₹60,000 and ₹1,00,000, plus taxes as applicable.

Half a day is half of that. So ₹30,000 to ₹50,000, plus taxes as applicable, on the same terms.

Both of those are ranges rather than a price list, and I do mean that. A short session with a lot built into it can land above a longer one with very little, so the clock is only part of it.

I put the range here because you should not have to sit through a call just to find out whether we are in the same ballpark. If that number is nowhere near your budget, you have saved yourself a fortnight and I would still rather you wrote to me and said so.

Where you land inside either of them comes down to five things, and none of them are a mystery:

• How long we are in the room. Half a day with one game and its debrief is one thing. A two-day programme is another.
• How many people are in the room, and how senior they are. Fifteen managers and sixty leaders are not the same day's work.
• How much I build from scratch. Running a game I already own costs less than designing your world, your constraints and your data into a new one.
• Whether I am leaving Bengaluru. Travel and stay are quoted separately, up front, so nothing appears on the invoice we did not talk about first.
• Whether it is one session or a series. Four batches of the same programme do not cost four times a single batch, because the design is built once.

A bespoke senior day, built from nothing, in another city, sits at the top of the band. A game I already run, one batch, here in Bengaluru, sits at the bottom. Most work lands somewhere in the middle, and I will tell you which end you are at in the first conversation rather than the third.

Tell me roughly what you are trying to fix and you will have a real number, not a range, within a day of us speaking.

The Sessions

How many participants can attend?

Usually 12 to 60. A couple of the games hold their energy at 100 plus, which almost nothing does. The honest answer is that it depends on which game and what you want out of the day, and we sort that in the first conversation.

How long does a session take?

90 minutes to half a day. The game itself runs 45 to 90 minutes. The rest is the debrief, and no, we can't quietly drop that bit to save time. The game only produces the evidence. The debrief is where anything actually changes.

Are virtual sessions available?

No, and I know that's an annoying answer. These games run on people reading a room, leaning across a table, and haggling with someone who is right there in front of them. Put that on a video call and what you get is a quiz. I'd rather not sell you a quiz.

How far in advance do I need to book?

3 to 4 weeks is comfortable for the games that already exist. 6 to 8 weeks if you want one built for you. Ask anyway if your date is sooner. Sometimes it works out.

Does Arvindh travel?

Yes. All over India, and outside it. Tell me where and when.

The Games

Can I run just one session, or do I need a programme?

One session on its own works perfectly well. It also slots into a longer leadership programme quite happily. Nobody has to buy a series to get value out of a single day.

How is the right game selected?

I pick it, after the briefing conversation, based on the behaviour you want surfaced and who is actually in the room. You don't need to arrive knowing. Most people arrive with a problem, not a game.

Can the existing games be customised?

The existing games stay as they are. They are balanced, and tinkering tends to break the exact bit that makes them work. If your need is specific enough to deserve its own game, that's a separate build. Have a look at Custom Serious Game Design.

Can other facilitators license and run these games?

No. Every session is run by me. Not because I'm precious about it... the debrief is the actual product, and it only lands when the person asking the questions designed the game and watched your room play it.

"The game is only the excuse. The debrief is the product."

If You're a Vendor or Consultant

Can we partner without losing our client relationship?

Yes. You own the relationship, I deliver the day. Every bit of follow-on work stays yours. I don't go around you to pitch your client and I don't compete with you for them. That's the deal, and I've never wanted a different one.

What do we need to bring to the table?

A conversation about what your client actually needs. That's it. I'll build the proposal materials after that.

Anything I haven't answered here, just ask. I answer my own messages, usually faster than I should.

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With love from Bengaluru, this is Arvindh saying over and out.