We are in an era where the world is continuously moving towards automation, and organizations are facing new challenges. Whether they thrive, survive or disappear depends on how quickly organizations manage their transformation. There is nothing more challenging than making a change in human resources. Organizations are faced with the challenge of keeping employees current, motivated and cooperative.
Many companies have opted for virtual reality to manage new challenges, but using VR to work on technical skills is not new. Many industries have proven that using virtual reality allows for more efficiency, less risk and lower cost than traditional methods and classroom training.
What about soft skills? How can virtual reality help with soft skills training?
According to Wikipedia, "The term 'virtual reality' (or immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality) typically refers to a computer technology that simulates the physical presence of a user in an artificially generated environment through software. Virtual reality creates an environment with which the user can interact. Virtual reality therefore artificially reproduces a sensory experience, which can include sight, touch, hearing and smell (visual, aural or haptic)."
Digital transformation is impacting the workplace and "people" skills such as leadership, empathy, communication and cooperation are becoming more important than ever. However, a growing gap exists between new generations of employees across these key interpersonal skills, with learning and development experts citing "soft skills" as the most important challenge. To address this skills gap, training methods for leadership skills must be improved, as techniques such as traditional role-playing lack the emotional realism and scalability needed to drive change in a sustainable way.
A combination of eLearning and real training
Virtual reality combines eLearning with person-to-person training, allowing participants to focus on the situation and act without pressure or outside influence. It gives learners the freedom to experiment and test their current skills.
A unique experience born from an extraordinary partnership
4DLH and its partner Noon Digital Agency have developed a VR experience designed around team collaboration, conflict management, stress management and communication. The idea of this VR experience is to incorporate the fundamental principles of emotional intelligence, such as empathy, self-awareness and leadership into the daily dynamics of team interactions.
In this experience, learners put on a VR headset and are transported into a virtual world. Learners can make decisions in this virtual world, can ask questions and listen to the answers. The interactions between those in the real world and those in the virtual world are measured and determine success or failure. Learners must make quick decisions that impact the fate of the group, must develop strategies based on the influx of information, must ask questions as well as provide answers. The quality and speed of these interactions, based on a higher or lower level of trust, determine how successful the group is in its mission.
Soft Skills Training: A Win/Win Project
Virtual reality training experiences like these allow learners to develop communication, listening, adaptability and problem-solving skills without relying on face-to-face role-playing or other potentially undesirable social situations. In addition, it reduces training costs and increases assimilation rates. It is a win/win format for both employers and employees.
It is through the expertise of 4DLH that this type of training has been developed, particularly for soft skills, for greater efficiency on subjects that are quite delicate and essential to the evolution of any company. For more information, please visit https://www.4dlh.com/ https://www.4dlh.com/
