The Contractor Safety Conundrum

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...

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What the #(*& to do about Joe?

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...

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An Entrepreneurial Dating Dilemma

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...

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Patti 2.0 — Web-Based Training Whisperer?

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...

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In Praise of Curmudgeons and Kids

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...

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