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Organizational Leadership Articles
Hey Babs, “Gravy Train” and “You’re Fired”
Babs pokes at managerialism, restructuring, reorganizing, and outsourcing judgement. Hey Babs, In 2022 and again in 2024 we worked with a...
The Failure of Leadership Development Programs
And why we keep propping them up. Finally Forbes published the article that had been stewing in my mind for a handful of years. Admittedly...
Public Library Boards, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
Filing away a research project dear to my heart. Admittedly, this is a bit of a self-indulgent post as I regrettably file away a research...
How We Talk About AI
My grandfather said “pony up” to me a lot when I was a kid. I was one disappointed kid waiting for that pony. Too many of us are...
Hey Babs, The Missing Connections
The story that Babs got tired of waiting for, so made it up. Sort of. Hey Babs, We recently worked with a consultancy firm to design and...
Language Lessons, Expense Approvals, and Conferences as Treats
The high costs of low integrity. Exchanging Atoms I’m a big fan of meeting in person. There’s something about the exchange of our...
Musings on Investing in People During Times of Economic Uncertainty
Babs shares a cautionary tale of what happens when you don't. The OECD projects that Canada's economic growth will slow from 1.5 per cent...
April 2025 List
Election night speeches, an opinion on leadership language, George Clooney and org charts, civility, personality types, self-help, and the...
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