We’ve all been there: a safety training course where the instructor reads from the PowerPoint® slides word for word – attempting to jazz things up with a laser pointer – while the audience struggles to keep their eyes open by sneaking looks at their phones or doodling.

These attempts at training are run at considerable cost to keep employees safe, yet student retention of information can be low when the focus of a class drifts in and out of the material. The net effect is a high investment in training with a low impact to real world safety. Many companies have very knowledgeable instructors with years of experience, and they also have good material developed, yet this low attention/low retention still occurs. Not in all classes, but we are talking safety, so it shouldn’t happen in any.