Insights

This is where I share what I’m thinking, what I’m reading, and what the leaders and organizations I work with are wrestling with.

A few things you’ll find here:

Hey Babs: leaders write in with real challenges and I respond with what I actually think. No hedging. Anonymity protected.
The List: a periodic round-up of the readings, viewings, and listenings that have caught my attention. The librarian in me cannot help it.
Reflections and Musings: longer essays and shorter takes on the complicated, fascinating, occasionally absurd business of leading well.

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Latest Articles

Reflections on Being Deluded in a Pair of Cranky Pants

Nov 28, 2024 | Reflections, Wellbeing & Self-Leadership

Snowstorms, Canadian drivers in a hurry, and telling our stories of slowing down, paying attention, and taking responsibility. Snowstorms Canadian...

November 19th List

Nov 19, 2024 | Organizational Leadership, Reading Lists, Wellbeing & Self-Leadership

Healthy chaos, Winston Churchill, storytellers, and the friendship of Archbishop Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Here are a handful of the...

Done with Learning: A Frank Discussion Among Leaders

Nov 7, 2024 | Learning & Growth

Nah, they aren't really done, they just need something different, like liberation. The Frank Discussion Some of you will have already heard my...

Musings: Playing Truth or Consequences with Organizational Purpose

Oct 31, 2024 | Organizational Leadership

Porter Airlines, McKinsey report, and Babs shelving books without a mission. Many organizations, perhaps yours, have statements around their...

Reflections on the Fear of Missing Out Professionally

Oct 23, 2024 | Career & Role Transitions, Reflections, Wellbeing & Self-Leadership

Babs weighed down with merit badges and eating worms in the garden. In “Reflections” I encourage us to take time to generously and kindly...

October 16th List

Oct 16, 2024 | Learning & Growth, Organizational Leadership, Reading Lists

Artifacts, culture shifting, ethics, and finally Babs' take on Ashes to Ashes' bad cops. Here are a handful of the readings, viewings, and...

Hey Babs, New Colleague, Old Enemy

Oct 8, 2024 | Hey Babs, Team & Workplace Culture, Wellbeing & Self-Leadership

Anger, panic, and our messy rooms of emotions and stories. Hey Babs, Yesterday, my CEO announced the new member of our executive team. The search...

Musings on the Emerging Future

Oct 2, 2024 | Organizational Leadership

Are we ready? Are we fearful? Are we in it together? The ability to shift from reacting against the past to leaning into and presencing an emerging...