Get Out of My Way! Control and Leadership.

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Uncategorized

I don’t like crowds.  Which I realize is slightly ironic considering my career path is laden with large scale events where hundreds and thousands and sometimes millions attend.  This also means I don’t really like Christmas shopping or shopping on high...

Perspective Can Close Your World

by | Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

This past weekend we attended a family birthday party in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.  We arrived the night before the festivities and had a dinner at the Tempo.  Yes the gas station.  I would never have chosen to eat at a gas station, never....

Haters and Kings.

by | Apr 7, 2014 | Uncategorized

I have worked for a lot of people in my career, mostly on short or mid-term contracts (up to a few years).  And because of that I have had exposure to multiple leaders with multiple styles.  Some good, some really good and some not good. For...

Privilege or a Given?

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized

I spend quite a bit of my day writing.  Writing proposals, writing sessions or workshops, writing emails, writing blogs etc.  Writing can be very cathartic and meaningful or it can be arduous.  How often do we write things, have someone misinterpret...

Confidential Schmonfidential

by | Mar 24, 2014 | Uncategorized

So, when I think something is baloney I usually rhyme it with a ‘schm’ prefix like this ‘confidential schmonfidential’.  Or education schmeducation when someone boasts that without a University degree you won’t make it in today’s world.  I say ‘education...