News and Updates

Announcement

The ShadowBox Team has an exciting announcement. Join us in reflecting upon past chapters and looking ahead to new opportunities!

Insights

Why do so many organizations continue to focus on reducing errors instead of cultivating insights? Our colleague, Micah Condon, discusses the importance of insights and the role insights play in boosting innovation and accelerating expertise.

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.

Announcement

The ShadowBox team continues to make improvements to our web-based application so participants and facilitators can focus on what really matters for ShadowBox's scenario-based training exercises - discussing key insights and making meaningful discoveries.

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.

Announcement

The 16th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference will be held October 25-27, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Register now through June 30th for early-bird pricing.

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

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.

Insights

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.

Announcement

ShadowBox now offers exportable SCORM-compliant modules (i.e. ShadowBox training scenarios) that can be integrated seamlessly into your organization’s learning management system.