Ah Ha! Moments

Craig has become an honorary member of the Fleming Training Center this week and we can’t wait to partner with him this year!

The amount of training opportunities that are available for operators is truly remarkable. It shows the level of commitment that’s needed to continue moving forward in this world of protecting the environment.

These two sessions have inspired rethinking the way we build the water workforce. Focusing on developing community, career support, and celebrating the life-giving services operators provide needs to be prioritized. It’s the other side of the retention and recruitment coin, in partnership with living wages.

Maybe it’s possible to use AI to improve the integrity of exams rather than fearing the ethical challenges of it.

Water Utilities are the Hub of the Community ….from public health to economic development.

The Abraham Lincoln Quote:
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Engaging, imaginative operator training techniques inspire learning in new and fantastic ways.

Happy to hear about the new scaled scoring WPI exams based on minimum competencies for Operators. I am looking forward to rolling them out.

Happy to learn about the scaled scoring for the new WPI exams based on minimum competencies for Operators. I am looking forward to rolling them out in 2025.

Asking our team “what small adjustment can we make that will have a big impact for our operators/trainers/proctors?” is a great way to keep being innovative and growth-minded. We’ve been intentional with those goals as a team, but having one question to spark that work is going to help us stay consistent with those priorities.

Being not just a good listener but a good ACTIVE listener is crucial for strong connections.

Working in the public sector oftentimes comes with waves of losing passion and sight of what matters, so I’m super grateful for WPI inviting Mitch to speak again this year. His session reminded me of why I do what I do and the importance of being intentional and tactical with leaving a legacy for our state’s operator certification program.

Being curious and not judgemental opens all sorts of opportunities.

The right questions make all the difference in focusing your curiosity and mentoring! Simple intention can build such a strong foundation for a lifestyle and legacy.

Give people room to fail because, if you never do, they will feel like they’re not allowed to try. If you do give room to fail, they will either learn something to use next time they try, or they will succeed by doing something you didn’t think was possible.

A curious mind will give you an advantage over someone who who accepts status quo’s and allow you to be innovative

If you try to force your legacy, you either won’t leave one or you will be remembered for something you don’t want to be remembered for.

The sheer number of AIs that are currently available.

AI makes connections between concepts and ideas that you might never have anticipated. Synthesizes data. Integrates processes. Basically, in a heartbeat, provides many of the advantages of networking at ABC/WPI conferences over the last 21 years! Is WPI the original old-school AI

The sheer number of AIs that are currently available!

The sheer amount of AIs that are currently available.

Matcalfe’s Law (the more people and devices connected, the more valuable the network) applies to AI data integration

AI tools we have now complement should we have. AI tools of the future will push the development of a new vision (and reality) for the human workforce.

The role of an Operator is not going to be replaced by AI, it will be enhanced.

To create /generate focused content use the AI structure – Think, Reason, Plan, Act, Structure

AI (MAIA) is for support, not judgement calls. It’s a tool, not an authority. A high-impact tool for training and data collection.

When people who invented search engines are not loading knowledge for searching but putting data into better use. You need to refocus. You need to interrogate the data to suit your needs.

AI is going to work for you or be done to you.

AI may give us more time to be human, to do things that make us human, engage in creativity.

AI allows us to remove barriers and be more human!

Suprised (but really shouldn’t have been) at the shear number of accessible AI programs. And just how useful they could be to a very basic/boring person with very basic abilities and activities.

Descript will be a great tool to use to help generate audio to text to make it much more faster and efficient to post our organization meeting minutes.

“Optimized” seems to be a key word to use in prompts we write to guide AI.

I found out that there is a personal AI that will help with emails and it can learn to write in my style.

Great presentation on AI. I plan on researching more on ChatGPT01 to help generate a CIP model for my facility based off past condition assessment data, equipment lifespan expectancy, inflation rates and rate studies.

This was a truly eye opening presentation! I had no idea about all the current uses of AI!

Hearing about all the different AI systems that are able to convert the written word into the spoken word, such as systems that turn newsletters into podcasts, I see a strong link between AI and accessibility. AI could be a huge win, for example, for people with dyslexia or other related disabilities that need/want to consume content in formats that work better for them.

AI answers to browser queries may reduce your website traffic. GEO tracking to see where traffic is coming from

The basics of SEO will not be gone any time soon, learn to live with it

Chat GPT personalized and using it to help write emails when you have the same type of questions being asked and you have to respond… let AI do the bulk for you

AI won’t replace your job, but the person using AI will.