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Rebirth in Bangkok

Rebirth in Bangkok

0 / December 19, 2010 11:10 pm

Through the miracle of human flight, I am transported inside a day from the deep freeze of Calgary to the hot, humid, and smoggy world of Bangkok. Like a baby seeing, smelling, hearing for the first time, I felt as [...]

Lessons from TEDxCalgary

Lessons from TEDxCalgary

1 / May 3, 2010 7:30 am

TED.com has exploded in popularity as an online place to hear and see ideas from really interesting people from the around the world. Now that TED.com has licensed their name to encourage independent TED-like conferences, us locals can also participate [...]

Leadership is an Ecology not a Position

Leadership is an Ecology not a Position

1 / March 3, 2010 1:04 pm

Last time, I provided a more detailed description of what leadership is. Today I wanted to explore this notion that leadership is more an ecology than a formal position or person. In any organization, we all recognize that there are [...]

What is Canada?

What is Canada?

2 / July 20, 2009 8:27 am

A wonderful counterpart to Ronald Wright’s What is America? is John Ralston Saul’s A Fair Country which tells us a far richer story about who we are as Canadians. Growing up, I developed two impressions of the aboriginals. The first [...]

Read Your Social Contract Lately?

2 / July 13, 2009 8:04 am

Here is a short post on the dangers of hiring only people who are employed: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/mcgrath/2009/07/hiring-the-already-employed.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-WEEKLY_HOTLIST-_-JUL_2009-_-HOTLIST0713 It’s worth highlighting how important that social contract of taking care of others who are down whether it’s because of circumstance or bad choices. [...]

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