The Problem With “Great” Training Feedback

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That’s what most L&D teams report after a training programme.

Participants were happy. They said they learnt something. They’d recommend it to a colleague.

And then nothing changes.

The problem with satisfaction surveys is that they measure how people feel, not what they can do. An entertaining facilitator and comfortable chairs will get you high scores. That doesn’t mean anyone learnt to make better decisions.

Simulations measure something different: behaviour.

You can track exactly how someone approached a strategic problem, whether they collaborated, where their blind spots were, and how they adapted when their first strategy failed.

You can also see how decision-making improves from round one to round three.

That’s data you can show to a CEO — not “they enjoyed it”, but “here’s how decision quality improved.”

If you’re measuring success by satisfaction alone, you’re optimising for the wrong thing. Simulations measure what actually matters: did they improve?

IndustryMasters simulations turn learning into measurable performance — showing how decision quality evolves in real time. Contact us to explore how simulations can reveal and develop the capabilities that matter most.