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3Adapting the Method to Fit Your Situation

Don’t kid yourself. Hands-On Training may follow a formula, but it’s not a rigid system. Each time the method is applied, it is being used by people. Their personalities, their situations, and their personal preferences shape just about everything that happens. There are choices to be made, pitfalls to avoid, and opportunities for creativity throughout the process. Perhaps a story may help to illustrate this point.

Recently I was invited to assist a company in the southeastern United States. It was a heavy industrial factory that produced steel wire. Those not familiar with wire manufacturing might find it helpful to know something about the process. Wire manufacturing (called “wire drawing”) is ...

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