Socrates Says

Education has undergone many changes over the years. From the 1800’s to now learning has changed dramatically. From the days of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, the heroes of teaching and learning we have been on an interesting road. The quality of education has appeared to be based on the number of PhD’s on the faculty. […]

In our last post, we talked about thinking outside the box (or triangle). For those of you who have previously taken our classes, you know I often ask about “the box.”  Why is there a box?  Who decided to get me into this box in the first place?  I hate the idea of being penned […]

Welcome 2018! After my assessment of how far we’ve come in 2017, I wanted to have the first blog post of this new year focus on where we are going. Thinking Outside of the Box. It seems I have been looking for the guy who first said “thinking outside of the box” and I finally […]

2017 has been an eventful year for us. We have been very busy. The product offerings are filling out. We will have more individual subject specific classes (Learning On Demand – LOD) than anyone in our Industry. We introduced Job Function Specific Programs (Planned Specific Programs – PSP) this year and have ten available currently. […]

During the economic downturn, the first budget to be slashed was the training, or employee development, budget. When it’s time to tighten our belts, training is the first thing to go. But it is clear that employees need to invest in your business, just as you invest in your employees.  One of the things I […]

In selling, we often look towards finding new customers and cultivating a relationship with them.  But what about the customers we already have? Japan taught us the concept, and value, of “customers for life.”  With proper care, via a “hugger” or a “hunter,” there is no reason for us to lose our existing customers. Customer […]