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May 7th List
Mental Health Week in Canada, more poking at performance reviews, convivencia, and finding the influential Schein at Faking Sanity in Dawson Creek,...
Hey Babs: Mid-career, successful, and not always feeling the passion
Hey Babs, I’m what you might call mid-career and successful. I lead a team of tech service managers who I like, and I believe that what we do is...
Musings on Asking Questions
The unasked, the hesitant, the closed, the prickly, and the curious. We ask a lot of questions in our lives. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty...
Reflections on the Here and Now
Where I have a freaky line of thinking. Being in the “here and now” may feel a little obvious and yet I am hearing from so many friends and clients...
April 9th List
Mary Oliver, Gorbachev, Thatcher, Mr. Rogers, Court Jesters, and Bhangra 1 The Guardian article, “The one question we all need to ask ourselves –...
Hey Babs: Deputy CEO, Fires, and Not Wanting to Quit
Hey Babs, Two years ago, I took on the role of Deputy CEO of a mid-size organization. Before this I was the manager for community programs where I...
Musings on Rejection
Reject Better Rejection is a common work experience. We need to be good with rejection as it isn’t possible to accept all ideas, proposals, job...
Reflections on Boundaries and Armour
When I first heard someone at some conference somewhere talk about the difference between boundaries and armour, I felt defensive and dismissive,...
March 12th List
AI, honesty, rudeness, curiosity, and Bank of Dave Sort of didn’t want to include this in the list as I feel AI inundated these days (do you?), but...
Hey Babs: Restructured out of a job and feeling great
Hey Babs, I think you would be interested in something that happened to me recently. My company merged with another and as suspected there were...









