Tech Transfer

Tips for teaching technology and sharing tools with a man over 50. Two common friction points, two sets of practical pages.

Two friction points come up regularly with men over 50 and technology. The first: he delegates every tech task to you and never learns to do it himself. The second: he guards his workshop and tools like personal territory. Both have practical solutions. The pages in this section cover both.

Building Technology Confidence
How to teach a man over 50 to use a smartphone or computer so he can do it himself next time.
Creating Comfortable Teaching Formats
How to help a reluctant expert share what he knows by choosing a format that fits him.
Creating Knowledge Sharing Safety
How to get an expert who guards his knowledge to share it, without making him feel replaced.
Creating Simplified Tech Guides
How to make a one-page tech guide someone can actually use when you are not there to help.
Documenting Institutional Knowledge
How to capture what a long-tenured employee knows before he leaves, without it becoming a crisis.
Framing Technology Benefits
How to present a new phone or app to a man who resists technology, using his own priorities as the starting point.
Respecting Tool Territory
He knows where every tool is.
Sharing Equipment Without Conflict
When two people share tools and no one sets the rules, friction is guaranteed.
Teaching Tech Without Taking Over
Every time you fix it for him, the next call gets closer.
Technology Teaching Approaches
Teaching technology to a man over 50 works better when new skills connect to what he already knows.
Workshop Organization
His workshop looks like chaos.