How does The Boost Company apply behavioral psychology and military training to corporate leadership development?
Answered at 20:17 in Mastering Stress and Leadership in Business | Redefine Growth # 19 · Redefine Growth
How does The Boost Company apply behavioral psychology and military training to corporate leadership development?
The Boost Company combines military air force pilot training with behavioral psychology foundations to train people in handling stress and uncomfortable situations. Instead of traditional classroom-based PowerPoint training where 95% of content is forgotten, the company creates complete experiential programs including mission planning exercises, briefings with controlled stress and panic scenarios, and emotional moments that trigger memory formation in the brain.
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The Boost Company combines military air force pilot training with behavioral psychology foundations to train people in handling stress and uncomfortable situations.
Guest, Combat Helicopter Pilot, Keynote Speaker, Behavioral Psychologist at The Boost Company · Mastering Stress and Leadership in Business | Redefine Growth # 19 · Redefine Growth · answer at 20:17
Key takeaways
- The Boost Company combines military air force pilot training with behavioral psychology foundations to train people in handling stress and uncomfortable situations.
Quote to remember
“We all are about the content and how well you know your content, but what's deciding what the output will be is the human factor on it.”
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The Boost Company combines military air force pilot training with behavioral psychology foundations to train people in handling stress and uncomfortable situations. Instead of traditional classroom-based PowerPoint training where 95% of content is forgotten, the company creates complete experiential programs including mission planning exercises, briefings with controlled stress and panic scenarios, and emotional moments that trigger memory formation in the brain.
Key facts
- 20 years as an air force pilot
- About 15 combat helicopter pilots in the Netherlands over 25 years
- 95% of classroom training content is forgotten immediately upon leaving
- Ages zero to seven years: where early behavioral patterns form
- Age three to four: when visual memory formation begins in the brain