he program was initially conceived through a brainstorming session with the Chief Innovation Officer and County Manager. The conversation generated ideas on how training could be made more accessible to our employees, and provide opportunity to engage and empower employees. The thought process was 'what if we created a training program based on the belief that our employees were our best resource?' 'What if our employees were empowered to share their skills as instructors?" 'What if we shared those same skills with our teams, our libraries, our schools, our businesses and our municipalities?'