1. Keep It Simple! Learn From Your Mistakes/Experiences! Think through the Lessons Learned of your previous actions/plans. Write It Down! You will never remember all the stuff you need to do or how you planned to do it. Listen and Adapt! Welcome To The 2015 CTSP Course

2. 1.How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

3. The correct answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. KEEP IT SIMPLE!

4. 2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

5. Did you say, open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong Answer. Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. DON’T OVER THINK

6. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend.... except one. Which animal does not attend?

7. Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES/EXPERIENCES

8. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

9. Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn TO LISTEN & ADAPT To The Situation.

10. According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals OVER THINK, OVER ANALYZE and OVER ENGINEER a SOLUTION to MEET THE REAL NEED of the CUSTOMER.

11. Welcome to CTSP 2013 Course Where We Will Show You How To Apply WHAT YOU ALL READY KNOW To The Fire Camp / All Risk Environment. Keep It Simple Don’t Over Think or Engineer It 15 Minute Rule – 2 Week Shelf Life Customer Service Ask For Help Have Fun

12. PS …. The DOCUMENTS / FILES on your Course Jump are generally saved in a format that will be viewable by the widest audience. It has been my experience to try and provide PDF or 97-2003 Microsoft Office Suite versions when possible. Generally you have been provided with a PDF version of most information documents and the original document for editing or updating. Following this session, UPDATED versions (as they are available) of the training materials will be available at FTP.NIFC.GOV\CTSP\Training.FTP.NIFC.GOV\CTSP\Training