UW and Wyoming Community Navigator Program Host Building a High-Reliability Business Webinar Feb. 15

Small-business owners can learn about how to build high-reliability businesses Thursday, Feb. 15.

Bridget Manley and Daniel Patterson will present a Wyoming Community Navigator Program (CNP) webinar titled “Building a High-Reliability Business: Strategies for Thriving in an Uncertain World” from 10-11 a.m. To register, go here. Registration is free.

The Wyoming CNP, through the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network at the University of Wyoming, provides small-business resources and assistance for traditionally underserved entrepreneurs throughout Wyoming.

Today’s small businesses must contend with higher levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity than ever before. Learn how to stay agile by applying the mindsets and strategies used in nuclear power plants, commercial airlines and other high-reliability organizations. In this session, small-business owners will learn and apply five core principles that can help their businesses weather unexpected challenges.

Manley is an e-learning specialist with a passion for helping learners become effective agents in their careers and in their communities. She co-founded Ascendant Design and Training with Patterson, her husband, in July 2020. Before that, she was the curriculum manager for a Denver-based startup company, where she developed compliance and manufacturing training for the state-legal cannabis industry.

Patterson is a software systems developer with over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience in software, electronic and mechanical design. He has been involved in several different industries, including logistics, gaming, music and heavy equipment. In those industries, Patterson has managed projects large and small; has overseen research, development, engineering and IT departments; and has managed the implementation and upkeep of automated production systems.

For more information, call Maureen Johnson, marketing, communication and database manager for the Wyoming SBDC Network, at (307) 343-0925 or email mjohn125@uwyo.edu.