Your humble correspondent is celebrating 60 years in the lighting industry this year, 30 years in the corporate world then 30 years at Attardi Marketing, including the last 25 years teaching at Monmouth University… that’s my passion. Learning is something we do all the time, right? So starting this year, the 20 year old EnergyWatch is expanding to LearnersLive.Com
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
In every environment, in every company, in every department, in every office, in every classroom, on every team, there are inequities. Men and women come in all sizes, all levels of acumen, all degrees of competency and talent. In management, many times, not of your choosing, you get a diversity of high achievers, good performers, weak contributors, and those that do not contribute a dime to the performance of the team. I call them the deadbeats!
College students are there to learn, to prepare for a life of success in a leadership role with an organization of their instigation or rather, maybe one of their choosing, and that may happen a few times. In my undergraduate classes, especially when they are mostly seniors, and certainly in my graduate classes at Monmouth University, I congratulate them for the progress they have made so far in their collegiate work and no matter the future, each and every one of them has earned the right to be called highly competent individual…..…as long as they nourish the learning process. But I explain, that’s only the start of a successful career, do they have the talent and dedication to learning, all the time, to move on…
Learners possess certain attributes that distinguish them from the Learned. They anticipate rather than react to change. Some call that vision. They become essential facilitators of change within their altered environment. They can skillfully communicate the new and technically esoteric with a clarity that leads to understanding and advocacy. Organizations that don’t value learning and the change that springs from learning will struggle to stay relevant in this fast-paced ever-changing marketplace.
The world is changing rapidly.
For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening;
for the confident, change is opportunity…and confidence comes from competency.
Nido Qubein, President of High Point University
There’s that word competency again. That’s why most individuals even go to college, to develop their competency. Learners are just highly competent individuals that influence change in an organization and, in turn, as leaders, allow others to adapt to that change. As an Educator, my ambition here is to express my view that education, the learning process, is not a one-time event but rather, something you do right all the time. Sounds a lot like Vince Lombardi when he talked about doing things right, not once in a while but all the time……remember that? I believe learning is something you do all the time!
Launch of LearnersLive.com in 2025
- LearnersLive Objective: to learn something you do not know; to confirm what you already know!
- To post something for you to learn…a continuing learning experience
- Focus will be on topics of learning…..courses will be added each month….. all virtual……from 5 minute to 30 minute sessions.
- Marketing & management sessions taught at Monmouth University….
- Invited guests: industry professionals and other educators want to make a contribution to learning
- Interviews with industry leaders…
- Also access to other industry training websites and videos
- DISC assessments
Expansion of EnergyWatch
Will continue to post:
- The monthly blog – expanded to cover the most pertinent issues of the day
- The monthly newsletter recap – posted to keep you updated on current events
- Industry news and new product information but only if you learn something
- Published articles that focus on teaching something
- Industry research………including other training courses offered by the industry
