Insights
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.
Insights
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.
Scenario of the Month
This month, we introduce a type of ShadowBox exercise we call ShadowBox Lite (SBXL), which is an abbreviated scenario with minimal set-up and only one decision point. The idea is to distill the decision down to its essence. Here we offer six SBXLs from law enforcement.
Insights
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.
Insights
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!
Insights
John Schmitt shares his thoughts on formulating a complex problem -- continuing his series of essays on problem solving.
Insights
In Part One of John Schmitt's exploration of problem solving, he discusses the importance of adequately understanding a problem before coming up with a solution.
Scenario of the Month
This month's featured ShadowBox scenario is an abridged version of a scenario from our de-escalation course for law enforcement.
Podcast
Gary Klein and Bryce Hoffman discussed valuable decision making tools like the premortem, ShadowBox training, and the fundamentals of naturalistic decision making.
Insights
Instead of pursuing a typical quarantine hobby (like baking homemade sourdough), John Schmitt spent his lockdown helping ROTC cadets further their military training. He describes the process of leading Tactical Decision Games remotely and the outcomes he observed.