Time to Learn; Time to Save

A contributor at engineering.com posted an optimistic blog entry entitled ‘Time to Learn; Time to Save’. This entry addresses employment and professional development during recessionary times. Corporal Willy (excerpt)  The worst time to do nothing is when nothing is being done.  Economic Recovery is being talked about but when you are unemployed that can seem like […]

What Do You Hope To Achieve Through Training?

During the NPE 2009 trade show, an attendee asked me an insightfull question… Paul If I intend to get serious about training my employees, what factors should I take into consideration. My Response I answered, if you’re serious about improving the skills of your production workforce, you need to begin by asking yourself a few […]

NPE 2009 Technological Highlights

At NPE 2009, I teamed up with Josh from IDES to acquire footage of different technologies featured at the show. Back here at the office, we cleaned up the footage and added some explainations to make it more interesting to your employees… These can be viewed here: http://traininteractive.com/npe2009/ After viewing these yourself, I recommend you use it […]

Crystallinity In Layman’s Terms

In a recent e-mail, I received this question regarding crystallinity… Sam A Can you explain Crystallinity in layman’s terms? Also how the process affects it. My Response In essence… crystallinity is a phenomenon where segments within the polymer chain either (1) align themselves in an orderly, structured fashion or (2) align themselves with portions of adjacent polymer […]

The Science Of Training – An Executive Audiobook

New Executive Audiobook: I have just released an audiobook on professional employee development entitled ‘The Science of Training’. You can listen to it here: http://www.traininteractive.com/science_of_training/ You can also download it here: http://www.traininteractive.com/download/audio/science_of_training.zip Sample Excerpt: Just to give you a taste of what is covered… Below is a short transcription from the middle of this executive […]