{"id":4098,"date":"2018-07-18T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugpower.local\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2018-07-18T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T05:00:14","slug":"powerspot-rick-grossert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/powerspot-rick-grossert\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerSpot: Rick Grossert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to PowerSpot, Plug Power\u2019s monthly blog series where we highlight the Plug Power employees who inspire us and, we hope, will inspire you, too. \u00a0Today, we\u2019re meeting Rick Grossert, Training &amp; Safety Manager for Plug Power, located in our Chicago-area office.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"entry-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RGrossert.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RGrossert.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Grossert\" width=\"400\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick could you please explain what you do for a living in 20 words or fewer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I help people learn new skills in a risk-free environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What motivates you to work hard?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Why would you want to be anything less than the very best?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The power to heal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is the most unusual thing you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">While vacationing on the island of Kauai, my wife and I were walking around and we decided to have ice cream at a Cold Stone Creamery.\u00a0 Being a BIG fan of ice cream (we have Oberweis ice cream here in Chicago) and having never tried Cold Stone, we thought it would be a good idea.\u00a0 After looking the place over, and reviewing the many different combinations, I settled on their \u201cSignature\u201d Black Forest creation.\u00a0 The thought of Chocolate Ice Cream with Pecans, Coconut Brownie and Caramel was too good to pass up.\u00a0 I watched with amazement as my ingredients were being mixed together on a cold frosty slab. She asked if I liked coconut, and I said I sure do.\u00a0 That is when it happened.\u00a0 A big black fly landed in my ice cream.\u00a0 I did not know what to do.\u00a0 I thought for sure that she had seen it land, but she kept mixing up the ice cream with the brownie and pecans.\u00a0 I elbowed the wife and said, \u201cDid you see that!\u201d She said, \u201cYes it looks good.\u201d\u00a0 As I was handed my Black Forest creation, I did not know what to say.\u00a0 I did not want to cause trouble or have her waste the ice cream so I took the bowl and walked away thinking that I could find the big black fly and pick it out.\u00a0 Well, I as close as I looked, I did not find the fly.\u00a0 After I finished my ice cream the wife asked, \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d \u00a0I said, \u201cI think flies taste good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you could visit anywhere, where would it be?\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday island and Cairns region.\u00a0 SCUBA diving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Who is your favorite author?\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My library is full of great authors. Jim Rohn for teaching me things that are not taught in school.\u00a0 Tom Peters for explaining successful management.\u00a0 Napoleon Hill for boiling it all down to a few things. Malcolm Gladwell for thinking.\u00a0 Michael LeGault for reasoning. C.S. Lewis for enlightenment. Stephen King for freaking us all out.\u00a0 J. K Rowling for great adventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rick is just one of the colorful characters amongst the Plug Power team working to change the way the world moves.<\/p>\n<p>#InfiniteDrive<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to PowerSpot, Plug Power\u2019s monthly blog series where we highlight the Plug Power employees who inspire us and, we hope, will inspire you, too. \u00a0Today, we\u2019re meeting Rick Grossert, Training &amp; Safety Manager for Plug Power, located in our Chicago-area office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-powerspot"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>PowerSpot: Rick Grossert - Plug Power<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/powerspot-rick-grossert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PowerSpot: Rick Grossert - 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