We don’t know what we don’t know

Thousands of dol­lars for hard­ware and soft­ware. Thousands of times more pow­er­ful than the sys­tems that sent humans to the moon. And usu­ally, very lit­tle or no train­ing in how to use the appli­ca­tions installed, or an aware­ness of when, where, and why they should be used.

Sound famil­iar? Do you sus­pect that you are get­ting a very small per­cent­age of use out of the tools you already have?

A cus­tomized train­ing course, tai­lored to your require­ments, your unique busi­ness, and the spe­cific setup you already have, can lit­er­ally save you thou­sands of wasted hours.

Operating sys­tems, Internet access and search­ing, Social Media skills, busi­ness soft­ware, PDF cre­ation and automa­tion, and any­thing else that involves get­ting tech­nol­ogy to HELP your work, instead of being a bar­rier to get­ting things done… we’ve been there, done that, and can help you mas­ter the tools. Get in touch today. con­tact me.

Business Software

Software suites like Microsoft Office are installed in hun­dreds of mil­lions of com­put­ers world-wide. Some orga­ni­za­tions allo­cate the time and bud­get to train their staff in using the appli­ca­tions that make up these suites. Some HR depart­ments query their can­di­dates about their pro­fi­ciency with these tools.

Software com­pa­nies that cre­ate these appli­ca­tions have been build­ing and refin­ing their capa­bil­i­ties for a long time.

Unfortunately, most of us don’t have the time, expe­ri­ence or incli­na­tion to really get on top of what our tools can do for us.

Rather than find­ing a train­ing orga­ni­za­tion that runs courses the way a fac­tory mass-produces spare parts, doesn’t it make sense to plan your train­ing needs to make the most of your staff’s exist­ing knowl­edge, spe­cific work require­ments, and budget?

We can design a spe­cific course for your sit­u­a­tion and staff, and make sure that the max­i­mum value will be deliv­ered to your orga­ni­za­tion. Value that will be obvi­ous, and get used almost immediately.

Business Processes

Your staff know how to use their soft­ware tools just fine, you say. But are they using those tools effi­ciently and effec­tively, or does every­one in your orga­ni­za­tion do things their own way? People can be effec­tive and skilled, but unless every­one coor­di­nates well with oth­ers, the over­all impact can be less than opti­mal. Making sure peo­ple under­stand how the com­plete processes work may seem like an unnec­es­sary effort, but with­out a gen­eral under­stand­ing of the end-to-end processes, parts of those processes can very effi­ciently block the whole thing from run­ning smoothly. It’s not enough for your staff to under­stand how to do their jobs well. They also have to under­stand how their jobs fit into the whole. If they can do that, they will begin to see if there are any places within their respon­si­bil­ity for improve­ments to the whole process.

Creative Processes

Left brain and right brain work well when they stick to their own sides our skulls. Being cre­ative can be really frus­trat­ing if you’re inter­rupt­ing your flow with find­ing things, los­ing things, or redo­ing things. I can help you cre­ate processes that sup­port your cre­ative efforts, in ways that don’t get in the way of what you really want to be doing.