Messy Lessons from Entrepreneurship
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:...
The Contractor Safety Conundrum
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 safety...
Safety eLearning — When is the juice worth the squeeze?
[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. It also...
Generational Intelligence – A Reality Check
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 epic lack thereof....
What the #(*& to do about Joe?
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 one of the...
An Entrepreneurial Dating Dilemma
Safety eLearning business seeks a special client or two … I’ve never participated in online dating. I tried it once, lasting quite literally 16 hours with a trial membership and a profile carefully crafted with one or two dear friends. (You know who you are.) It was...
One Luddite’s Guide to Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Dammit, Jim, I'm a safety trainer, not a LMS guru! There's no one better to give the average human the low-down on LMS than a woman who struggles to operate her iPhone. (I exaggerate a bit, but no one in my inner circle accuses me of being on the cutting edge of...
Infinite Game Theory?! Is that what they call this?
A few years ago, I discovered the joy of audiobooks. I have always been a pretty voracious reader, but got caught up in how “busy” life felt and sitting quietly with a book screamed Overly Indulgent. (Yes, I’m working on it.) But as someone who drives and travels for...
Patti 2.0 — Web-Based Training Whisperer?
(With apologies to everyone for referring to myself in the third person for this blog title.) At 53 years of age, I have plenty of opportunities to exclaim – “I cannot believe I own a tech business!” When I cannot work my iPhone. When I say to my tech team – “please...
In Praise of Curmudgeons and Kids
Part One/Embracing the Curmudgeons It seems that it was just last week Tuesday I was the young safety “kid” in the room. I rolled my eyes when someone referenced it, or made jokes about when I got to be their age, or lamented their deteriorating vision. When someone...