Building a Training Program for a Technical Team with Roy Samson

Most technical training programs fail before the first technician ever sets foot in the room. Not because the content is wrong. Because the entire design is wrong.

Traditional training asks: did they understand it? Technical training asks something harder: can they actually do it? And in aerospace, where it takes a million things to go right and one thing to go wrong.

In this first ever live episode of the Leadership Launchpad, Matt sits down with Roy Samson, a technical training veteran from the aerospace industry. Together they break down what it actually takes to build a training program for a technical team.

What you'll learn:

• Why "passing the course" isn't the same as being ready — and how to handle the gap
• How to decide how much theory a technician actually needs (and when to skip it entirely)
• What "building an OS for quality" means and why it matters more than any curriculum
• How to build credibility with subject matter experts when you don't have a technical background
• Why training will happen in your org whether you plan it or not — and why that should scare you

For engineering managers, technical leads, and L&D professionals trying to build real capability in hard tech environments.

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