Episode #9; Interview with Peter Fadde and Olivia Brown

Naturalistic Decision Making

Show Description:

Peter Fadde is professor and director of the Learning Systems Design and Technology (LSDT) graduate program at Southern Illinois University.

Olivia Brown is a Research Associate at the University of Bath, School of Management.

Where to find Peter:

Accelerating the Acquisition of Intuitive Decision-Making through Expertise-Based Training (XBT)

Instructional Design for Accelerated Macrocognitive Expertise in the Baseball Workplace

TEDx talk "Frugal Engineering in Baseball and Beyond"

Association for Applied Sport Psychology: Virtual Conference on Technology in Applied Sport Psychology Practice

Where to find Olivia:

University of Bath

Teamwork in extreme environments: identifying challenges and generating solutions

CREST Research

Learn more about NDM:

NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello:

Brian’s website

Brian’s LinkedIn

Brian’s Twitter

Laura’s website

Laura’s LinkedIn

Laura’s Twitter

Timestamps:

“Extreme team” research premise [2:30]

Forming expedition teams for team research [4:45]

Team research data and observations [6:15]

Prepping research participants on how to share their data [9:05]

Peter describes the background of his award-winning research in expertise-based training [10:10]

Explaining the video occlusion method [21:30]

How good are experts at articulating their expertise? [27:00]

Debate between immersive experience training vs. targeted skill training [31:00]

How Olivia got into Naturalistic Decision Making [33:00]

Justifying NDM’s unconventional research methods [35:10]

Advice for those looking to conduct similar NDM studies [36:00]

Olivia's background in extreme environments and what drew her to “extreme team” research [38:15]

What "extreme team" research can teach us about how people work together generally [40:45]

Applying sports-based NDM research to real life [42:15]

Peter compares STEM training to sports training [46:45]

None of us are immune, and maybe de-stigmatizing racism will lead more people to confront it in ourselves [53:15]

"If both of you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?" [56:30]