This week, Terry Combs is joined by special guest host Erich Campbell for a timely conversation about Production Training in the Digital Age. As training demands grow and time becomes more limited, the guys explore how shops of all sizes can take advantage of digital tools, from structured video libraries to AI-assisted learning, while still honoring the hands-on experience our industry requires. Whether you're onboarding new employees, improving consistency, or just trying to stop repeating yourself, this episode is packed with real-world ideas, honest discussion, and new opportunities for smarter, more scalable training.
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Let’s talk training in general to start
* Most people do little to no training. “Watch what I do.” “Watch what she does.”
* Why do owners and managers do limited training?
* There’s no time for training… you manage the business in crisis mode, daily
* They’ll take my double secret methods and techniques to the competition
* They’ll steal my ideas and go into competition with me
* Another option for training may not be the end-all-be-all if you’re not of a training mindset
* What’s reality?
* The more you invest in training, the more likely that person will want to stay with you
* The more you invest in training, the more efficient you’ll be, and the better product you’ll produce
* Most employees rarely want to change jobs if they don’t have to, so if you have a great work environment, they want to stay
* The bottomline truth, “I don’t know where are how to start.”
What is the new opportunity with digital training?
* Some of us aren’t the best at structuring training in our own businesses
* Recorded training can get us started and stay on track with a structured format
Can we turn training over to the internet?
* Hands on is still a part of the picture
* People who come to my screen printing classes who tried to start their business with YouTube training
* You still need to interact on the content as well.
