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...

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....

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...

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:...

  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...

[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...

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....

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...

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...

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...