Decisions For Heroes Blog

D4H is entering the SeedCamp competition in London. As founder, I was required to do an elevator pitch to try and win a spot on the Seedcamp short-list. You can’t pre-record it (you can try as many times as you want), but it’s just you and your webcam live.

Think of it as a way to get peer-feedback and low-risk practice so that when it does matter you’ll be prepared.

The winner is based on audience voting. They haven’t got a system worked out yet, but if you involved in the web-scene, it would be great for me if you showed some love towards it in the comments on their blog. Tough love is ok too.

D4H Out.

-Robin.

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Decisions For Heroes) - UK blogger Ian Delaney pointed me to Coole Immersive who are building serious games to help oil riggers learn to do their job. It reduced the chance of being involved in an incident from 50% to <5% in a riggers first year. A great achievement.

It’s interactive gameplay where you decide what to do next, you can see a video of it in action here (at bottom).

• Enables workers to increase knowledge of task and/or job and allows them to interact with complex ideas and critical thinking, such as working with others or understanding the context of the task required
• New workers develop skills faster
• Ability to enhance worker and team competence and confidence with the potential to increase on the job safety

Can we adapt this to rescue? Heli Ops, Cliff Techniques, Stretcher Handling.

-Robin.