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Teamwork and The Prisoners Dilemma – What Would You Do? 3 Tips
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Years ago I played a teamwork mind game called the “Prisoner’s Dilemma.” Maybe you have heard of it?
Two criminals – who are co-conspirators – are locked away in two solitary cells. Neither can communicate with the other.
Both prisoners are interrogated by officials. Both are offered the same deal – if you stay silent you will only be sentenced to one year in prison; if you rat on your partner you get to go free; however,
if your partner rats on you, your sentence will increase to two years. What would you do? What would members of the teams you lead do?
The dilemma is you don’t know what your partner is going to do. Both partners realize there are big benefits to ratting the other out, however doing so could potentially create a lot more time in prison if they both choose to do so (two years in prison). The best solution is to just stay silent and if both prisoners do this they only spend one year.
When talking about teamwork, the above scenario is a very real dilemma many teams face when members compete against each other instead of collaborating. And many times it is the leaders...
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