Last weekend, I spent my Sunday facilitating a fairly large not-for-profit board of a national association. My remit was two-fold; first, to help them develop an action plan for a major internal (mandatory) initiative spanning about 10 months, and ... [Continue Reading]
Stress, and how you should think about it.
TEDtalk by Kelly McGonigal about the science behind stress. Interesting stuff and well worth watching -- key take-away: "caring creates resilience". Awesome thought for a stressed out society.... ... [Continue Reading]
Want to transform into a high performance business?
I've been thinking about this question a lot lately, as I work to better relate my own "transformation" value proposition into language meaningful and attractive to my clients. I mean, who wouldn't want to own and operate a "high performance ... [Continue Reading]
Change management? Change required = management
Last evening I sat through a very informative presentation given by a colleague of mine; the topic was on why Canadian industry is suffering from an "innovation gap" (comparatively speaking, based on international ranking systems) and what the ... [Continue Reading]
Are you a reluctant change agent?
A few days ago I was in Maryland visiting with some good friends. We had a thoughtful discussion about "change", in which they suggested that most people are forced through circumstances to deal with all kinds of change. Family issues. Career ... [Continue Reading]
What makes an effective change agent?
I've been mulling this question over for some time now, partly as (one of many) ways of continually improving my own articulation of my value proposition and brand as a "change guy". Here's my short list for how one should approach a potential ... [Continue Reading]
The psychology of change
Several months ago I was lucky enough to stumble across a great blog which I started to subscribe to. PSYBLOG (written by researcher Jeremy Dean studying in the UK) is chock full of interesting studies and findings about how we really work. In ... [Continue Reading]
The sorry state of work-place productivity
In my daily trolling through the internet, I came across this interesting infographic examining the reasons contributing to poor workplace productivity. I think you'll find it interesting to scroll through (shown in its entirety below), and it hits ... [Continue Reading]
Re-inventing yourself
I came across this article today about how to re-invent oneself; the article touches on a lot of things and for the curious reader has a lot of content that provides an opportunity to ponder things. There is lots here, and one key thought for me is ... [Continue Reading]
Another supply chain contamination incident…
Just a few days ago, I blogged about the tainting of soft drinks through supply chain malfeasance here. I just came across this blog entry by Guardian writer George Monbiot which outlines the facts behind a very interesting -- and hard to trace -- ... [Continue Reading]
