A Seminar: Tool Time for Business

I just got back form a two days training course and remain in thought about the way we structure our seminars. What expectations do we set ourself and the discipline we exercise upon ourselves in the process of structuring our preparation when designing a course. It leaves little room to argue, when I realize in a room with 42 participants (including myself), all with 15 to 30 years of experience in the corporate training world, are challenged when we are put on the spot to produce a structured plan of a bespoke course in our head before we embark on creating it.

This all led to one thing - reducing the selection time needed when choosing the tools - the tools we intend to implement in extracting data, organizing it, applying it to the problem set, discussing it, analyzing it,  making decisions on it and finally all agreeing on an overall objective that can be internalised and implemented by the individuals effected.

Trainers and courses I recommend often but books that contain tools I rarely do. Why? Well, because they are complex or not worth the money basically. This book…

Tool Time for Business by David P. Langford from Langford International, Inc.

…in its simplicity has made me understand, or better said: rubbed it in my face, that putting together tools like a fishbone diagram, focus group, run chart, matrix capacity, lotus chart, 5 whys, force field analysis and another 60+ to choose from can change the way you approach course architecture in future.

Author: Imran