Growth

Simply put .... Growth.

An analogy of what the PDP interns have gone through( yes Interns seems to work better for the moment) Perhaps its because our baby is due in 6 weeks, but the best way to describe our progress is with a birthing experience. The first few weeks were the contractions or as our midwife describes them "surges" powerful and painful if not understood and controlled. Hence our first weeks have been that way. Everyone going through powerful experience trying to understand what is happening and why at times it is so painful. Next comes the preparation as the baby gets ready( apologies here but I'm describing interns as babies but just the process) That is where we are everything is aligning itself, the expectations are high, people are worried, excited but most of all happy. All the ground work is being done, some of the work has been done and even more is to come as the next thing you hear is

PUSH!!!

That is where we are and are in some ways are headed towards. The interns are PUSHING PUSHING PUSHING, time for an epidural,oops too late.This is fantastic to witness as they are realising that pushing and hanging in their will deliver something beautiful.

Not to overkill the analogy but birthing and growing seems to describe this coming of age best. The growth we are seeing now is exciting to say the least. The input and work is starting to show dividend and people are now on a journey of a lifetime.

The specifics of the last 2 weeks are interesting. A week of preparation to do a presentation on how to implement a health and Safety system. This was a challenging exercise and one which I am confident that the interns will turn into a success.

This week was plain fun.We did Train the trainer With Jo the Slow Enslin, who from his wealth of experience and knowledge made training come alive. His passion and way of delivery simply puts people at ease so that they focus on learning and applying new skills.

The presentation done by the interns were fantastic and showed the growth from the first round of presentation.
One misconception Brought up by Rayno that must be addressed here is that, Mountain biking is far cooler than Road Biking. Case closed!!

Wednesday saw the interns doing Incident investigation. This has shed new light on the subject and has raised more questions than answer for the moment.

All in all a jammed backed fun week. Lets keep it up and enjoy the ride.

Really getting into the swing of things

It must be said that we are rolling on beautifully now. But before the trainees were allowed to get complacent it was time to move them out of their comfort zones. They were up to the task though. They presented as best they could and that is all I can ask of them. For many it was an amazing learning curve as they got to see what they were both capable and incapable of doing. All of which leads to growing and developing. In many regards it was a wake up call in terms of delivering on a product and they are quickly discovering how quickly things can move in IRCA.

The progress so far has been meaningfull and is like the begining of training programme. You get to see a vast improvement in your fitness in the first few months and then the hard work starts. Keeping your fitness and trying to get even better. Non the less we have the correct athletes you are ready for any challenge and you enjoy everything you throw at them.