by Patti Carey | Apr 1, 2024 | News & Events, Uncategorized
Safety training has a PR problem. Rarely do you hear a worker who is enthused about scheduled safety training, either before or after attending. Why do you suppose that is? There are researchers who study how adults learn, what they like, what they don’t and...
by Patti Carey | Mar 8, 2024 | News & Events
Today is International Women’s Day. It is curious that we celebrate one half of the population on a single day, but given women’s history of oppression and the lagging rights we hold when it comes to matters of bodily autonomy and pay equity, I suppose that our own...
by Patti Carey | Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events
I was blessed to have been raised by a father who insisted that I could do whatever I wanted to do if I worked hard enough. Ride a bike, buy a horse, road trip to Florida with my best friend in an unreliable 1978 Pontiac Sunbird, work my way through an Ivy League...
by Patti Carey | Aug 23, 2023 | News & Events
This weekend we had a hummingbird crisis. One flew into our barn, which is large and has high ceilings, and could not find her way out. She flew furiously along the very highest levels of the ceiling, darting here and there as hummingbirds do. My heart raced in worry....
by Patti Carey | Aug 1, 2023 | News & Events
If you have been waiting anxiously for a screenshot up my nostrils, you’re welcome. About a month ago, I agreed to be interviewed on a safety podcast. I was in Buffalo, staying with a friend who had good WiFi, so I showed up with wet hair from my shower, in a...
by Patti Carey | May 1, 2023 | News & Events
It’s Small Business Week this week. Last month was the seven-year anniversary of incorporating PCS Custom Training Solutions LLC. If you are curious about the PCS origin story, it’s here:...
by Patti Carey | Feb 23, 2023 | News & Events
A couple of weeks back, I wrote about the pros and cons of safety eLearning and my thoughts on “when the juice is worth the squeeze.” I mentioned I’d save one specific potential eLearning audience for my next blog. So here we are. Most of the...
by Patti Carey | Feb 2, 2023 | News & Events
[Frivolous Note: The “juice worth the squeeze” line is one of my favorite stolen phrases. I want to give credit to my safety colleague and friend, Sue Abernethy, but I also have heard it belted out in a Lizzo song, so the source remains unclear officially....
by Patti Carey | Dec 29, 2022 | News & Events
If you’ve ever gotten cocky about what a hip 55-year-old you are, may I suggest a happy hour with your twenty-something nieces and their group of friends –all of whom you’ve known since birth– and getting roasted about your texting skills? Or...
by Patti Carey | Dec 15, 2022 | News & Events
Almost everyone has worked with a Joe. [Apologies to all of the Joes I know. What can I say? That’s the name of the guy in the meme.] I’ve worked with Joe. I have clients who are struggling with Joe. I have been a part of root cause investigations in which...