The executive and consultant role-play a boss vs. employee encounter before the camera. On the replay, the executive sees exactly how he comes across. He rehearses different approaches and tries again. When you walk and talk, you're more likely to be engaged and to remember what you talked about. Some research also indicates that, when physical effort is involved, people may be less likely to lie, Johnson added.
Educators know it well.
Some elementary science classes, for example, don't even have textbooks. Learning is done through student participation in hands-on activities. Countless studies show that people learn faster and retain more information if they have to exert some kind of active effort. The room-sized business finance game, for example, was pioneered at Springfield Remanufacturing Co., where it was credited with helping employees of the Springfield company learn to think like business owners. The board game concept has been replicated many times over in the 1990s, as other companies sought better teaching tools to help workers understand how their jobs fit in with the bottom line.