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My Economy

This facilitator uses creativity and play to bring teams together

by Sarah Hawkins and Anais Amin

Dec 2, 2021

Jessica Shaw founded a company that brings play into workplaces to cultivate the human connection.

“We found that games and wordplay were a great way of supporting that sense of people reaching through the screen," said Jessica Shaw, founder of PACT Creative Training.

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Workplace Culture

Businesses tap virtual reality to train workers

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Aug 21, 2019

VR training is being used to prep workers for Black Friday, for warehouse safety issues and to improve communication.

At Farmers Insurance in Los Angeles, Jessica DeCanio demonstrates how claims adjusters use virtual reality to train for the field.

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