Pilots train in simulators. Surgeons rehearse for years. Care managers get promoted on a Friday and face their first safeguarding crisis on Monday — live, with real people, no rehearsal.

In this talk, Danielle Turner explores how virtual reality could finally give care leaders what every other safety-critical profession takes for granted: somewhere safe to fail. Expect an honest look at what immersive technology can and can't do in social care, a glimpse of VR leadership scenarios in action, and news of a first-of-its-kind study putting the evidence to the test.