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Organizational Development Musings

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I volunteered at the New Hampshire Construction Career Day this week, held at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds.  The 1000 high school kids who attended were treated to hands-on experiences with carpentry, tree climbing, pouring asphalt, floor coating, surveying, welding, and running all kinds of heavy equipment including cranes, excavators, backhoes, bucket trucks, plows, cement pumpers, bulldozers and loaders. I was initially assigned to be a “rover,” checking on water stations and exhibitors to see if anyone needed anything.  Then an exhibitor from White Mountain Community College, John, told the organizers that he was alone at his booth and could use some help.  He was running two virtual welding machines, and the kids loved them.  “Wow, it’s like virtual reality!” they’d say when I helped them fit their helmets.  The safety glasses inside the helmet gave them real-time readings on their angles, hand position and work speed,…