Scott Axel asks an honest question, Are there any original thoughts out there? Scott laments that his goal is to "take at least one new idea way with me from every training session/book chapter/outline course that I do." With so much of our professional time fractured, productivity is less than optimimum. When we go above the call of duty and attend a seminar or class even mandatory company training, or even read an industry newsletter, often we "get vomited all over" - to use Scott's comments. Productivity and morale, instead of going up, begin to slip and slide. The material's goals become counterproductive.

Sure training is about knowledge transfer, but the challenge is to have the audience "own" the concepts - that means engaging them in one or more exercises (individual or group) so their mind and emotions are involved. Knowledge has to soak into the soul before we believe it and use it.

"Original Thoughts" are rare. Original training may be even more scarce.