The answer says as much about you as it does about your partners in the workplace, according to the authors of Power of 2
Adapted from Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life
To teach police cadets how to search a dark building without getting shot, the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy puts people armed with paintball guns inside a building. They hide behind furniture or in closets, waiting for the trainees to flush them out. The instructors then send in pairs of recruits suited up in pads that protect them from direct hits.
The goal is to find and disarm each suspect before he can "kill" or "wound" an officer. This doesn't always work out as planned.
If one of you isn't trustworthy, it's better that you never even try to collaborate.
"During one of the drills, I was on one knee peeking into a dark room while my partner pointed a flashlight into the room from over my head," one cadet reported on his blog. "He then pointed the light directly down on my head. He thought he turned it off first. The suspect in the room immediately saw me and shot me in the hand. Even though we were in full pads, my fingers were unprotected. It is a painful place to get hit. I'm now sporting a colorful welt and blister on my index finger as a reminder of my partner's great tactics."
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