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The Comedy Mindset
Humor can be an effective tool in changing our reactions in certain situations, allowing us to enjoy and appreciate moments that might otherwise cause us to stew in our own anger and frustration.
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OODA Versus RPD: Reconciling Models of Cognition and Conflict
John Schmitt provides a comprehensive beak down of the overlap and distinct differences between Boyd's OODA model of conflict and Klein's RPD model of cognitive decision making, and describes the contexts in which they are best suited.
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Situational Judgement Tests vs. ShadowBox: Surface similarities mask essential differences
Have you ever wondered how ShadowBox's scenario-based training method differs from other training and evaluation approaches? In this week's featured insight, Gary Klein compares and contrasts ShadowBox training to Situational Judgment Tests, highlighting key distinctions that put ShadowBox in a league of its own.
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Thoughts on Training Fidelity
Learn about different types of training fidelity, the importance of selecting the type of fidelity based on the goals of the training, and why better technology doesn’t always mean better training.
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The Three-E Triangle – Training Tradeoffs
Reza Jalaeian discusses common challenges instructional designers face when creating effective, efficient, and engaging instruction and how the ShadowBox method can aid in attaining all three.
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Handling Training Requirements When Expertise Becomes Outdated
Gary Klein reflects on several necessary organizational changes in response to emerging events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. He suggests ways expertise and training can evolve from these emerging, fast-paced situations.
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Re-thinking training: Just-in-Time (JIT) Training
In part three of this four-part series, Gary Klein considers the sustainability and efficacy of traditional training approaches during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where conditions are rapidly changing and information is shared in unconventional ways.
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Re-thinking expertise: The Skill Portfolio account of experts
In part two of this four-part series, we revisit Gary Klein’s discussion of emerging and rapidly changing phenomena, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these patterns have provided new insights about the nature of expertise.
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Business as Unusual: How to train when expertise becomes outdated
What do we do when rapidly changing conditions push the boundaries of expertise and traditional training approaches?
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The Next Frontier for Naturalistic Decision Making: A Call to Action
John Schmitt suggests a new frontier for applying NDM principles and provides a landscape of current NDM tools that may be relevant to this emerging area. We are actively seeking input from the community about tools for addressing wicked problems!