ShadowBox Training – Accelerate Expertise

We create training to improve decision making.

Approach

We illuminate the cognitive dimension.

We focus on addressing the cognitive dimension through our work.

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Services

Our solutions accelerate expertise.

We offer a range of services to fit your organization's distinct needs. From custom training to delivering workshops, we are anything but standard procedure.

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Our Work

We help our clients improve insights.

We take pride in our innovative methodology that helps personnel adapt to uncertainty and time pressure.

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Learning Center

Introducing the ShadowBox Learning Center

We developed an online hub for decision making and expertise learning content to improve cognitive skills.

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Preview Our Newest Course

Now available in the Learning Center - The Power of Pre-mortems: How to Spot Problems Before They Happen, a new course from the creator of the Pre-mortem, Gary Klein.

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Announcement

Matrix Games: A Valuable and Underappreciated Tool for Cognitive Skills Training

Matrix games offer an accessible, engaging way for teams to practice navigating complex situations, competing interests, and uncertainty through structured discussion and argument.

Announcement

Welcome, Katrina Carlson!

Join us in welcoming our newest Research Associate and Project Manager, Katrina Carlson, to the ShadowBox Team!

Podcast

Training That Sticks: Two Conversations on Rethinking Law Enforcement Decision-Making Training

In case you missed them, here are two recent podcast episodes that explore the evolution of decision training in Law Enforcement.

Insights

In or Out? How We Decide Under Uncertainty

In fast-moving situations, what feels like truth may just be the first plausible story our brain assembles from incomplete information.

Insights

Guarding Against Fixation, Leaning on Stories: Cognitive Expertise in the Emergency Department

Accurate diagnosis in the ED depends on more than medical knowledge—it relies on noticing subtle cues, anticipating how conditions may evolve, and revisiting assumptions before they become problematic.

Insights

6 Principles of Effective Feedback

Feedback isn’t about reinforcing behavior, it’s about shaping cognition. When done well, it helps people make sense of complex situations, refine their mental models, and adapt under real-world conditions.

Case Study

Perceptual Skills Training for Student Nurses

We developed training for nursing students using a new ShadowBox feature called Expert-Eyes, which helps users train perceptual skills.

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What Is ShadowBox About?

Our team has spent decades researching and developing powerful training methods that have been successfully implemented in a variety of domains. We'd love to partner with you to improve your organization's decision making and accelerate skill development.

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