Posts under ‘Quality’

Last time, I introduced the roles of prophets, critics, and truth-tellers in enriching the ecology of leadership. I failed to mention however that there is an implied assumption that those truth-tellers and prophets are adaptive.
This is, of course, not the case.
Pundits, deniers, and “false” prophets that disguise themselves as truth-tellers are plentiful. There are still [...]

1. Choosing not to think. Have you ever noticed that there are boundaries to what we choose to think about? Religion is certainly one area where we may choose not to apply the usual rigours of thought. Math is another one; childhood school fears are likely the main block. Relationships, too, might not be tested [...]

When I stepped into the Museum of Making, I was overwhelmed by a sense of awe and child-like wonder at all the working artifacts beautifully exhibited in a thoughtful manner. I also felt a deep down stirring and reminder of why I had studied engineering in the first place.
We asked Ian MacGreagor, the proprietor of [...]

This weekend at the Museum of Making I was part of the presentation by Leadership Calgary on Technology, Innovation, and the Human Spirit. There we met the curator, Ian MacGreagor, an extraordinary engineer and human being. He shared with us his love of acquiring tools that are well-used because “they have a memory and it [...]