Who we are
The Colm Delves Leadership Lab is a creative learning space at DCU Business School. This virtual reality space offers over 2,000 DCU Business School students an opportunity to learn and develop leadership skills each year by using cutting-edge virtual reality and telepresence technologies. Over 1,000 post-primary school students also benefit through an outreach programme with DCU Access.
The Experience
Wearing advanced VR headsets and hand controllers, students will apply theory to practice in areas such as interview preparation, public speaking, leadership communication skills, and diverse and inclusive decision-making.
Customized experiences are created for students, placing them in the developing world so they can become more globally aware leaders by understanding challenges associated with business development in unfamiliar countries or allowing students to practice ethical decision-making and experience outcomes based on the decisions they choose to make.
Individual communication
Variety of communication experiences offered, all which give AI-generated feedback on non-verbal and verbal performance including:
○ Job interview preparation
○ Public speaking / Presentation practice
○ Networking events
○ Negotiation scenarios / Difficult conversations
○ Pitch simulations
○ Media communications and crisis management
Empathy, inclusivity and diversity
Simulations followed by reflections, which are designed to promote awareness and empathy of other people and situations by putting participants in others’ shoes, e.g.:
○ Youtube VR; UN SDG video library; scenarios
○ Sexual harassment training
○ Notes on Blindness
○ Living and interacting with physical disability
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