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Apr 6, 2024

For years, I've recognized that the way change happens in organizations is disconnected from the way that executives and senior leaders perceive change to happen.  Top down initiatives often fail and employees resist the change, often because the change is done to them, not with them.  They can't see themselves...


Apr 2, 2024

This post was inspired by a conversation I had with Tom Goodwin that started on Twitter and which he expanded on LinkedIn.

He gave me permission to base this podcast episode on these posts.

I often think a lot about how lucky I am to have started my career with 25 ish years of in-office/store work, passive...


Mar 6, 2024

Let me tell you a story 50 years in the making.

I moved to the Town of Georgina when I was 18 months old.  I've lived here 50 years.

We've never had much tech infrastructure so I can't tell you how excited I was to learn that our new community centre has an audio and video recording studio I can use for podcasting.

I...


Mar 1, 2024

The Power of Appreciation

In this episode, I share my personal stories to illustrate the importance of appreciation and recognition in the workplace and how easy it is to get it wrong even with the best of intentions. I also talk about why some of the common practices of employee appreciation are ineffective and how we...


Feb 29, 2024

The Four Day Work Week

In this episode, Nola Simon shares her personal stories about the benefits of working a four day work week. She talks about how her husband’s experience with a flexible and creative job at a pattern making shop in Toronto inspired her to challenge the conventional narratives about work and...