Black Lives Matter
I want to be on the record – on this side of history – as someone who stands against systemic racism and who believes that Black lives matter. This is also a time for guys who look like me to…
10 More Career Development Questions about The Last Dance
A few weeks ago I answered 10 career development questions about The Last Dance asked by Kurt Heinrich, the non-basketball-fan-co-founder of this website. Like everyone on the planet who has finished season three of Ozark, I watched and loved the…
What I’m Learning from Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns for My Bike
Last year I joined several of my Vancity colleagues in a gender identity workshop delivered by Adrienne Smith, a transgender human rights activist and drug policy lawyer. Adrienne shared simple tips for fostering inclusive communities, especially for folks who identify…
10 Career Development Questions About The Last Dance
Like tens of millions of people around the world, I’m watching and loving The Last Dance. The story of Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls is one of realized potential amidst spectacular circumstances. For me, the viewing experience is…
Four Ways to be OK with Life Sucking Right Now
Coronavirus continues to reshape our communities. Many of us have now been in isolation for over a month and things are weird at best and crippling at worst. Increasingly, it seems for many Canadians that physical distancing isn’t just some…
Three Ways to Keep Redeployed Employees Engaged
Businesses everywhere continue to evolve their operations in response to measures for stemming the spread of COVID-19. In some instances, businesses are strategically redeploying employees temporarily to business units that can be better leveraged in states of lockdown and restriction….
Three Things I’m Doing to Lead a Remote Team
So there’s this global pandemic happening. While the far-reaching economic and social impacts of COVID-19 are still unknown, the return to normal will take a long time and, when it’s over, we probably won’t live and work the way we…
Six Tips for Staying Sane While Working from Home with Kids
Many parents are working from home with our kids as COVID-19 burns its way around the world. Canada has been impacted by mass unemployment. Offices are shuttered and employees in most industries have been sent home – some with pay,…
99 Ways to Make Remote Work Awesome
Organizations around the world have enabled people to work remotely as part of a global effort to #flattenthecurve (and also plank it) with social/physical distancing. Nearly half of North Americans are working from home (many aren’t working at all). For…
Three More Human Capabilities Being Surfaced by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Last week I wrote about three human capabilities being surfaced by COVID-19 and the global pandemic. At best, things are pretty weird times for humanity. More likely, these are definitely uncertain and very scary times, especially for the most vulnerable…