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Knowledge Retention and Training with Serious Games

Organizations often face a persistent adherence gap where learners abandon training before achieving operational competency. High-fidelity game design offers a technical solution to this friction by replacing passive consumption with interactive systems that drive consistent engagement, and more importantly, knowledge retention. By leveraging game mechanics as a delivery vehicle for evidence-based protocols, organizations can optimize…

Exploring Learning-First Games for Corporate Upskilling

Corporate training in 2026 is moving away from passive content consumption toward active, skills-based simulations that drive measurable workforce improvement. We’re calling it now: the days of module box-checking and empty annual certifications are numbered – as organizations face rapid shifts in technical requirements and job roles, traditional e-learning models often fail to provide the…

Patient Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Digital Therapeutics

We’re getting heady today folks, and for good reason – as we look around at medical learning solutions and impact-oriented medical technologies, we can’t help but notice some changes in the landscape of digital health in 2026. Increasingly, companies (and investors!) are shifting expectations from speculative innovation toward measurable clinical performance. As healthcare providers and…

What’s New in Game-based Learning – February 2026

Much like game-based learning itself, we’re expanding our focus across multiple sectors this month. Across highly various delivery formats, we’re seeing games used to support early literacy, university learning, executive decision-making, and long-horizon policy planning. This month’s examples focus less on novelty and more on function, highlighting how well-designed games make thinking visible, practice repeatable,…

Why Games Work as a Corporate Social Responsibility Format

Games earn sustained attention in ways CSR messaging usually cannot Most CSR initiatives struggle with the same structural problem: they rely on formats that compete poorly for attention. Campaigns, microsites, and short-form educational content assume audiences will pause what they are already doing to absorb a message. Decades of research on digital learning and engagement…

Training Formats for Stronger ROI

Training formats tend to persist long after the conditions that created them. Workshops, webinars, and slide-based courses remain common because they are familiar and operationally simple. Over time, those choices shape cost, consistency, and outcomes in ways that are rarely examined. Long-term return on investment is influenced less by the amount of content delivered and…

The Impact of CSR Games: What Research Shows

Corporate social responsibility efforts often rely on reports, campaigns, or one-time events that are easy to overlook. Games offer a different path. They turn initiatives like to community engagement, environmental care, ethical decision making, and workplace education into systems that people can interact with directly. Clear goals and structured tasks help players understand why an…

The ROI of Corporate Training

If you work in corporate instructional design or Learning & Development, you are likely familiar with the eternal struggle of proving the value of your training programs. While we know intuitively that active learning beats passive clicking, stakeholders often speak exclusively in the language of KPIs and OKRs. This month, we are rounding up three…

How Games Work for Corporate Learning

Corporate training only works when people feel invested in what they are practicing. Game mechanics help by creating environments where employees can test decisions, see outcomes, and understand complex situations without risk. When the structure of the experience supports the organization’s goals, training shifts from something to complete to something that genuinely changes behavior. Let’s…

Research Roundup: Proof That Games Work in Business Training

As it turns out, playful learning is serious business. Over the past year, researchers have released a wave of data showing how game-based learning boosts engagement, decision-making, and retention in professional settings. The following studies spanning sales, leadership, compliance, and workforce safety demonstrate that when games are designed with purpose, they deliver measurable business results.…

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