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Monday, October 05, 2015

Wal-Mart and Game Based Training

Wal-Mart using game based training,  Note the embedding and short format.   Warehouses are a good place to start, often have a safety problem.  

" ... Warehouses and distribution centers are busy facilities with lots of moving parts. They’re also dangerous places where stacked pallets and forklifts can lead to workplace injuries. Those challenges are magnified at a global company, like Walmart, which must make sure that its widely dispersed workforce uniformly follows corporate safety procedures. The retailer found a way to improve worker training and reduce workplace injury through gamification.

Walmart’s approach to game-based training employs software from gamification startup company Axonify. The three-minute games provide safety information and include multiple choice questions on safety procedures that are interspersed within the game... " 

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