LATEST POST:Challenging the 'Tactical Athlete' Paradigm: Rethinking Human Performance for the Military Julianne Edwards Ph.D., Senior Scientist Nine months after I became an embedded Cognitive Performance Specialist (CPS) within a Special Operations Forces (SOF) unit, two SOF Operators were tragically killed in action (KIA). Prior to their deployment, these two men accepted me with healthy skepticism in their individual and collective deployment preparation. The news of their deaths shocked me to my core and revolutionized my professional perspective as a human performance (HP) practitioner.
I immediately began questioning everything I knew as a professional. I poured myself back into the texts and literature in search of answers. What, if anything, had been grounded or tested with scientific rigor on a SOF population within sport and performance psychology or human performance broadly? I was frustrated with... PREVIOUS POSTS:Welcome to Dev Legas! Jennifer Solberg, Ph.D.,Founder & CEO Every year, I look forward to the Learning Guild’s DevLearn conference in Las Vegas. It’s a terrific opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues, hear some great speakers, and check out the latest and greatest in L&D. A few months before the conference, they have a competition to design the logo for the conference tee shirt. There are some very talented artists in the DevLearn community, and I am by no means one of them. So, I never considered entering until this year. What changed? Did I take dozens of art classes and practice tirelessly? No. Just like everyone else, I started using generative AI tools on a daily basis. And so, when DevLearn announced the tee shirt contest this year, I found a golden opportunity to do two things I love doing at the same time: winning a contest and entertaining myself. Here are my submissions...
What is it with Subjective Experiences? Grace Teo, Ph.D.,Senior Psychologist The other day, my co-workers and I were having a lively conversation about products that supposedly help us be more “grounded.” They were electricity-powered bed sheets, blankets, and pillowcases. The websites—yes, there was more than one manufacturer—for these products boast glowing testimonials and reviews. You can reconnect with nature by sleeping in bed sheets plugged in to "ground" you to the Earth’s electrons and neutralize your free radicals, drinking alkali water to prevent disease by neutralizing acid in your blood, and wearing copper bracelets to regrow joint cartilage in order to relieve arthritis pain. While these may work for some...
Avoiding the Shelf: How Use Cases can Help XR Adoption Julian Abich, Ph.D.,Senior Human Factors Engineer The media hype behind extended reality (XR) technology promised it would revolutionize how we learn, play, and socialize. While there have been great strides to get mass adoption of this technology, it still has yet to reach market projections. This was one of the key messages I heard at AWE USA 2024, one of the largest spatial computing events in the world. Speaker after speaker kept talking about advancements in XR technology, new features, and software to make it easier for developers to create content. While all this is great, one thing that seemed to be an afterthought was: "What is the need they are trying to fill?"
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