Um, hooray? My business is officially woman-owned!
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...
Letting Go Lessons from Hummingbirds and Hazmat Response
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....
A Near Brush with Fame / Interview Where We Laugh A Lot (and talk safety)
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...
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...