Canadian employers are winning the return-to-office battle. They're losing something more important.
Canadian employers are winning the return-to-office…
Tools or Proxies? The Risk of Over-reliance on AI
Over dinner the other night, a friend and I were talking tech. Every year, we review what tools we’re using, what’s working, what’s not. It led to a chat…
Covid's Evil Twin: The Echo Pandemic
Over the last few days, while chatting with two mental health care professionals, one here in Canada, and one in the U.S., both have alluded to what is…
Death by Virtual Meeting
They sucked up our time, our energy, and our resources. We spent most of our days in meetings, going from one to another. We had no “good meeting protocols”…
Leader Self-Reflections: The Importance of Looking Inward
I often get hired to fix people. Fix them individually, fix their groups, fix their behavior, attitudes, and, ultimately, improve their output. I get hired…
You Can Lead a Horse to Water: How to Effectively Influence Others
We know that old saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” What about helping him realize he’s thirsty? This simple statement…
Managing the Bubble: How to Create Presence
We all have one: that cartoon-like bubble above our heads, filled with thoughts, beliefs, judgments, assumptions, fears, biases, and experiences, that…
