You’ve arrived this morning at your laboratory, ready to do some science! Your job today is to conduct some leadership experiments, observing and reflecting on what you see. Your first experiment asks participants to engage in active listening while a subject engages in a persuasive debate. You look out over the lab and see several participants arguing in an animated manner. Time for you to jump in!

All over your laboratory you see lab assistants handing out two $1 bills to the participants. “What is going on?!?” you shout, worried that all your funding is headed out the door. “We’re having a $2 negotiation” one of your lab assistants says. Just as they give you the details, arguments erupt from all over the room. It looks like the negotiation has begun!

Ah, the worst part of your day, sending emails. You type up emails to the dean, your lab assistants, the mad scientist in the neighboring laboratory who keeps making weird smells, and NASA. However, as you hit send you notice something weird. Your email is taking a really long time to send! You call in one of those lab assistants, figuring that the younger scientist might be able to help. “Oh yeah, the IT department created a new encryption scheme and we’ve got to determine your code word! Hang on, I’ll grab the others.”

After you’ve finally sent some emails and eaten some lunch, it's time for your daily meeting with your lab assistants. You’ve been wrapping up more projects recently and you need to brainstorm some new ideas for experiments. Unfortunately, your experiment proposal “what if we cloned a bunch of dinosaurs and threw them all on an island” was rejected as being “ToO DaNgErOuS.” Thankfully, you have an exercise you often do with your lab assistants to brainstorm ideas. In this stage, no idea is too wacky for the group! You put up some big sticky notes, uncap some markers, and it's

Right after your brainstorming session, lights start flashing and alarms start sounding. “Alert, portal containment system offline”, a robotic voice informs you. You suddenly see a blue portal open next to you and an orange portal appear across the room. You take the portal containment emergency kit you carry with you everywhere and heft it onto your back. Be prepared, that's the lab director’s motto!

For your final meeting of the day, you’re meeting with the provost’s office. The buget process is just starting up for the next year and you’re eager to make a case for why your dinosaur project should run next year. After a great meeting, the provost stops you, “I’ve just got one more thing. I hear you’re the world’s greatest expert on…” The only problem is that you know nothing about the topic. You launch into a detailed explanation, hoping that if you throw enough jargon the provost will believe you.

You’ve arrived this morning at your laboratory, ready to do some science! Your job today is to conduct some leadership experiments, observing and reflecting on what you see. Your first experiment asks participants to engage in active listening while a subject engages in a persuasive debate. You look out over the lab and see several participants arguing in an animated manner. Time for you to jump in!

All over your laboratory you see lab assistants handing out two $1 bills to the participants. “What is going on?!?” you shout, worried that all your funding is headed out the door. “We’re having a $2 negotiation” one of your lab assistants says. Just as they give you the details, arguments erupt from all over the room. It looks like the negotiation has begun!

Ah, the worst part of your day, sending emails. You type up emails to the dean, your lab assistants, the mad scientist in the neighboring laboratory who keeps making weird smells, and NASA. However, as you hit send you notice something weird. Your email is taking a really long time to send! You call in one of those lab assistants, figuring that the younger scientist might be able to help. “Oh yeah, the IT department created a new encryption scheme and we’ve got to determine your code word! Hang on, I’ll grab the others.”

After you’ve finally sent some emails and eaten some lunch, it's time for your daily meeting with your lab assistants. You’ve been wrapping up more projects recently and you need to brainstorm some new ideas for experiments. Unfortunately, your experiment proposal “what if we cloned a bunch of dinosaurs and threw them all on an island” was rejected as being “ToO DaNgErOuS.” Thankfully, you have an exercise you often do with your lab assistants to brainstorm ideas. In this stage, no idea is too wacky for the group! You put up some big sticky notes, uncap some markers, and it's

Right after your brainstorming session, lights start flashing and alarms start sounding. “Alert, portal containment system offline”, a robotic voice informs you. You suddenly see a blue portal open next to you and an orange portal appear across the room. You take the portal containment emergency kit you carry with you everywhere and heft it onto your back. Be prepared, that's the lab director’s motto!

For your final meeting of the day, you’re meeting with the provost’s office. The buget process is just starting up for the next year and you’re eager to make a case for why your dinosaur project should run next year. After a great meeting, the provost stops you, “I’ve just got one more thing. I hear you’re the world’s greatest expert on…” The only problem is that you know nothing about the topic. You launch into a detailed explanation, hoping that if you throw enough jargon the provost will believe you.

Another busy day in the big city has begun and you have to get to work! You’re crossing the crosswalk in a hurry to get to your train and you find yourself in a sticky situation.Signs have gone up overnight telling pedestrians that they must cross this intersection in a very particular way. Work with your group to cross the crosswalk, before you run late for your train!

You made it to the office, having successfully navigated your commute! Go you! It's a good thing you’re on time, because today is the day of the big sales pitch to your CEO. You’re hoping that this brand new idea of yours is the one that really launches your career. You carefully set up your pitch deck, look the members of the sales team directly in the eyes, and launch into your pitch. Go get 'em!

Your boss loves your presentation and wants to talk to you! Unfortunately, he also loved another employee's presentation and he’s torn about who to give the promotion to. He’s asked you both into his office to try to figure it all out. “Alright”, he says, “it’s time to play a game.”

As you are waiting outside of the boss’ office, you find yourself in another strange situation. It seems that the other candidates for the raise are attempting to intimidate you by standing up instead of sitting to wait. You stand up, but then you feel awkward. You sit down, but then you feel out of place. What a strange workplace this is…

Good news, your boss has decided that you’re a great candidate for a promotion! They’ve invited you into their office for a brief conversation, an informal interview. You head into their office, hoping you can come up with good answers to their questions.

What a successful day at work. You got a promotion, gave a successful pitch, and…stood up a bunch? It’s time to hop on the train to go home. One of your favorite things to do on the train is people watch. However, everyone on this train keeps changing their appearance! You decide to watch closely and see how many changes you can spot, after all you gotta pass the time somehow…

Another busy day in the big city has begun and you have to get to work! You’re crossing the crosswalk in a hurry to get to your train and you find yourself in a sticky situation.Signs have gone up overnight telling pedestrians that they must cross this intersection in a very particular way. Work with your group to cross the crosswalk, before you run late for your train!

You made it to the office, having successfully navigated your commute! Go you! It's a good thing you’re on time, because today is the day of the big sales pitch to your CEO. You’re hoping that this brand new idea of yours is the one that really launches your career. You carefully set up your pitch deck, look the members of the sales team directly in the eyes, and launch into your pitch. Go get 'em!

Your boss loves your presentation and wants to talk to you! Unfortunately, he also loved another employee's presentation and he’s torn about who to give the promotion to. He’s asked you both into his office to try to figure it all out. “Alright”, he says, “it’s time to play a game.”

As you are waiting outside of the boss’ office, you find yourself in another strange situation. It seems that the other candidates for the raise are attempting to intimidate you by standing up instead of sitting to wait. You stand up, but then you feel awkward. You sit down, but then you feel out of place. What a strange workplace this is…

Good news, your boss has decided that you’re a great candidate for a promotion! They’ve invited you into their office for a brief conversation, an informal interview. You head into their office, hoping you can come up with good answers to their questions.

What a successful day at work. You got a promotion, gave a successful pitch, and…stood up a bunch? It’s time to hop on the train to go home. One of your favorite things to do on the train is people watch. However, everyone on this train keeps changing their appearance! You decide to watch closely and see how many changes you can spot, after all you gotta pass the time somehow…

You’re excited to embark on the newest trek option for Scouts BSA high adventure, the Area 51 experience! You and your patrol members have prepared for months to tackle the challenge of Area 51 and you’re excited to get started! Part of the way into your first day you encounter an obstacle in your path, a container of Powellonium, a highly radioactive isotope. Thankfully, you prepared for this during your shakedown and you start to unpack your radiation containment kit. You turn to your group, “Alright, just how we practiced!”

The radioactive isotope safely contained, you continue on your way down the trail. After a successful day you make camp, start a glowing green fire of slightly radioactive wood, and sing camp songs about UFOs. In the middle of the night you wake up to an ominous silence. Concerned about your group, you decide to count off. With a loud voice you say “one” and listen with all your might, hoping to hear the voices of your intrepid patrol members.

Now that your group members have all counted off, you think that it’s time for you to leave. You’re getting an eerie feeling from this place, more eerie than Area 51 in general. You think you might see swirling lights off the west and whatever that low droning sound is, you don’t want any part of it. You move around the campsite, pulling your team members to their feet and getting ready to leave. The sooner you’ve accomplished your goals, the better.

As you continue on your journey, you receive an urgent message from Scouts BSA HQ informing you that your mission is in danger. To continue, you must meet with a representative of the Gilwellians, an ancient race of extraterrestrials, who are the sole holders of Badenite, a material you must obtain in order to continue your mission. When you arrive at the base camp of the Gilwellians, you see that your rival patrol is also there and is looking to bargain with the Gilwellians for possession of the Badenite. Even though you hate to do it, you walk over to your

You’ve successfully bargained for your Badenite and are merrily on your way. You’re about a day out from your destination when you suddenly see in front of you a hologram of a tall gray man. “As two scouts you cross, but with two feet you must travel.” Suddenly, the hologram vanishes and a barrier of laser lights appears on the ground.

After many days of weary travel, extraterrestrials, radiation leaks, precious mineral negotiations, creepy nights and eerie days, you’ve finally arrived back at base camp and exited Area 51. Your team is exhausted from the travel and the sacrifices to reach your goal. You want nothing but to take a shower and lay down in your comfortable bed. You are stopped on your way in by one of the scout executives responsible to Area 51. “What did you learn on your trip?” they ask in a cheery voice. You take a deep breath and begin, “I know this sounds bizarre, but hear

You’re excited to embark on the newest trek option for Scouts BSA high adventure, the Area 51 experience! You and your patrol members have prepared for months to tackle the challenge of Area 51 and you’re excited to get started! Part of the way into your first day you encounter an obstacle in your path, a container of Powellonium, a highly radioactive isotope. Thankfully, you prepared for this during your shakedown and you start to unpack your radiation containment kit. You turn to your group, “Alright, just how we practiced!”

The radioactive isotope safely contained, you continue on your way down the trail. After a successful day you make camp, start a glowing green fire of slightly radioactive wood, and sing camp songs about UFOs. In the middle of the night you wake up to an ominous silence. Concerned about your group, you decide to count off. With a loud voice you say “one” and listen with all your might, hoping to hear the voices of your intrepid patrol members.

Now that your group members have all counted off, you think that it’s time for you to leave. You’re getting an eerie feeling from this place, more eerie than Area 51 in general. You think you might see swirling lights off the west and whatever that low droning sound is, you don’t want any part of it. You move around the campsite, pulling your team members to their feet and getting ready to leave. The sooner you’ve accomplished your goals, the better.

As you continue on your journey, you receive an urgent message from Scouts BSA HQ informing you that your mission is in danger. To continue, you must meet with a representative of the Gilwellians, an ancient race of extraterrestrials, who are the sole holders of Badenite, a material you must obtain in order to continue your mission. When you arrive at the base camp of the Gilwellians, you see that your rival patrol is also there and is looking to bargain with the Gilwellians for possession of the Badenite. Even though you hate to do it, you walk over to your

You’ve successfully bargained for your Badenite and are merrily on your way. You’re about a day out from your destination when you suddenly see in front of you a hologram of a tall gray man. “As two scouts you cross, but with two feet you must travel.” Suddenly, the hologram vanishes and a barrier of laser lights appears on the ground.

After many days of weary travel, extraterrestrials, radiation leaks, precious mineral negotiations, creepy nights and eerie days, you’ve finally arrived back at base camp and exited Area 51. Your team is exhausted from the travel and the sacrifices to reach your goal. You want nothing but to take a shower and lay down in your comfortable bed. You are stopped on your way in by one of the scout executives responsible to Area 51. “What did you learn on your trip?” they ask in a cheery voice. You take a deep breath and begin, “I know this sounds bizarre, but hear