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Team Resource Management W orkshop : As reported last month, this workshop is substantially complete. MIA originally asked for this class, but will be unable to support delivery until October or later. We are currently looking for a facility that would be willing to let us demo the product this summer. We still have not assimilated the materials the CF folks had offered to provide us, but I believe that we may find some c larity after I have briefed the NEB on the content of the class. As a reminder this is a tactical workshop that will only be delivered when requested. There is no intention at this time to make it a nationwide rollout. Academy T raining : We are working tow ard inserting human performance materials into the Academy as soon as possible . Our challenge is finding the most appropriate location in the curriculum to deliver the material and also the delivery vehicle. Our intent is to deliver the first few opportuni ties in person and then evaluate what will be the most effective way going forward. We believe our materials are most effective when there is interactive discussion and questions are generated. Death by power point is unacceptable. The HF R oundtable : This group m et recently and discussions took place as to the best use of research money left in FY 2017. This group includes all the organizations in the agency that do HF research. The tech center, CAMI, ANG, a few other subdivisions of the PMO , and our offic e form this group in an effort to reduce any duplication of efforts and prioritize where the resources are best utilized. This effort is part of a broader plan to have a central clearing house for HF activities where there is at least one office that knows what is taking place any given time. HF Coordination : I have recently visited the tech center and met many of the HF scientists who are doing HF work. This is part of my effort to gain an understanding of all HF activities throughout the Agency. I have also coordinated with our PMO, AJV, and Next G en reps on keeping an open dialogue when they encounter HF activities taking place in their respective programs. This is a fairly complex undertaking, but necessary if the HP office is going to achieve our goal of raising human performance awareness in every corner of the Agency. My next trip will be to OKC to meet the CAMI researchers. Investigations : The initial focus for HF investigations will be on supporting the SRTs and AJI - 131 investigations. Currently, t hey are averaging 3 - 4 SRTs a week, launching around 30 times per year. Our involvement would be twofold. First , to bring a more human centered approach to the investigation. We see it more as a discussion and less of an investigation. The problem being tha t employees who are interviewed rarely share HF data due to a number of concerns such as privacy, retaliation, fear, etc. Second, to provide various flavors of reports depending on data uncovered. We have also been asked to provide HP training to the inves tigations teams and possibly ERCs. Health & Wellness : Still working on the ATC survival guide. Plans are to distribute this to new hires as they transition from the academy to their first facility. Met with two doctors from medical to discuss stress rese arch that has been performed by the Agency. We discovered that the military has spent an enormous amount and time and money developing training modules for members of the armed forces. We are making efforts to connect with each of the branches and see if t hey would be willing to share their materials and any lessons learned. The doctors were very interested to know if we were going to include materials on healthy drinking. They are concerned that too