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Basic-Fit has grown at lightning speed to become Europe's largest fitness chain, but with 9,000 employees spread across six countries, training became a challenge. Traditional training was time-consuming, expensive and inconsistent. The solution? G-learning, or game-based learning. In collaboration with Play it, Basic-Fit digitised 80% of the training courses, enabling employees to learn faster, more interactively and in their own language. This not only resulted in more efficient onboarding, but also fewer ergonomics-related incidents. With this innovative approach, Basic-Fit ensures better knowledge transfer, fewer work-related incidents and a powerful learning experience.

How do you train employees quickly and effectively in a growing company? Shurgard, Europe’s leading self-storage provider, found the answer in game-based learning with Play it. Thanks to an interactive, digital approach, onboarding and safety training are now faster and more efficient. The result? Quicker learning, better retention, and greater engagement. Discover how Play it is taking Shurgard’s training to the next level!

An organisation can only grow if its employees (can) keep up with the pace. To put it mildly, that was not always easy in the recent past.

For many companies, dealing properly and securely with personal data is at the top of the agenda.

Employees working at Borealis know that there are five sacred life-saving rules. These are simple rules that must be observed during every activity. This significantly reduces the risk of accidents at work, and everyone contributes to safety in the workplace.

Venturing the statement that a partnership between Play it and Mensura was written in the stars is bold but true. The combination of en innovative game-based learning platform with the expertise of an external occupational health service resulted into a perfect pair. 

There is a lot of activity at Mowi in Bruges. A full team is working daily to process fish for wholesale. Regularly, new employees start working here. The typical multicultural environment and large influx sometimes complicates the smooth onboarding of newcomers. And then Mowi discovered Play it First.

In this blog post, we delve into an insightful conversation with Dave Declerq from Recticel, a leader in insulation solutions, to uncover how they tackled safety training challenges with innovative game-based learning. Learn how Recticel transformed mandatory safety training into an engaging and effective experience, boosting employee participation and retention while ensuring a safer work environment. Dive into their journey and discover the remarkable impact of these strategies on their operations.

Having teleworked as much as possible for many months, we are finally allowed to get together more often and with more people. Physical training courses are an option once again. Even so, digital training can still add value in your company.

In this blog post, we explore how Borealis transformed their approach to health and safety training by making use of psychology in their life-saving rules approach. Katarina Virtue, a social psychology expert, explains how this approach not only engaged employees but also reduced incidents with 30%. Learn how focusing on behavioral change, embracing game-based learning and involving stakeholders at every stage made their life-saving rules truly impactful.

As a global security expert, G4S’s responsibilities include airport security. Their Aviation business unit is characterised, among other things, by a large group of interims and job students. Of course, all of these people need proper training. And Play It plays an important role in this.

Colruyt Group has 450 first aiders who have to take a mandatory refresher course every year. By adopting a hybrid approach with practical training and gamification, the annual refresher course can now be conducted much more smoothly and efficiently.