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Sunday, December 1 2024

External and internal thankfulness

Thanksgiving has come and gone for both Canada and the US. The season urges us to reflect on what we're thankful on. Most of us concentrate on external items - our friends, family, job, etc. Now is the time to turn your reflection inward.

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Sunday, November 10 2024

The physiological safety foundation

Two men are holding signs stating "Homo Sex is a Sin" and "Women are Property"

This is not a political post, but I want to take the time to investigate how some people are contributing to poor psychological safety.

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Saturday, November 2 2024

Are you a dog, a pig, or a... goose?

Rember the 1995 movie Babe? It's about a pig who learns how to heard sheep. Are there lessons we can learn from this?

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Thursday, October 10 2024

Do you split your Personality?

... people are splitting their personality into what they think it's "expected" of them in different situations. Do they really know who they are? 

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Tuesday, October 1 2024

Short circuiting FUD

With all the recent layoffs and banking concerns, let’s talk about FUD and how you can help short circuit it. FUD stands for fear, uncertainty, and doubt. We tend to fear what we don’t know, because once upon a time this was a good way to not get eaten. Likewise, we tend to extrapolate from current  […]

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Wednesday, September 25 2024

Rethink the way you write your job openings

Using more inclusive terms will help women and minorities feel comfortable applying.

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Sunday, September 22 2024

Everyone needs accommodation sometimes

We all need accommodations. We just don't think of them as accommodations.

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