Five Tips for Setting Strengths-Based Goals this Year
For many of us, a new year brings opportunities for improving skills and building resilience through goal setting. We call such goals “resolutions” and human beings are notoriously bad at achieving them. In fact, over 90% of us will not…
Five Adaptive Planning Strategies from Die Hard
Die Hard is one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time. The iconic action film starring Bruce Willis is not just a festive classic that includes holiday outfits and Christmas carols, but it is also a masterclass in adaptive…
A Holiday Haiku
Good holiday vibes. Community together. Holiday tacos. – A holiday haiku that is meant to celebrate the vibes, cooperation, community, and food., like tacos, that make the holidays special.
Holiday Gift Ideas from The Potentiality
During the holidays our team at The Potentiality likes to keep things loose, festive and chock full of helpful ideas to make Christmas/Hanukah/Solstice a legitimate community building experience. We’ve recommended gifts, shared career advice from holiday characters, recommended gifts again,…
A Recovery Haiku
Recovering slow. Torn Achilles in a boot. Having perspective. – A haiku about what it takes to be resilient when, well, we’re getting older and the body breaks down…
Three Ways to use the Waysfinder Model for Career Development
The Waysfinder Model provides a simple and flexible way to navigate worklife complexity. Its founder, Sonja Blignaut, suggests that the model expects multiple ideas or products to be simultaneously and collaboratively attempted based on the potentialities from each starting point….
A Failure Haiku
Feeling like failure. Learning happens everywhere. Failing is learning. – This is a Failure – or a failing is learning – Haiku because it’s been a tough month and I’ve learned a lot (humans always do!)
How to Talk About Death at Work
For the last decade I’ve worked for two of Canada’s leaders in financial services (Vancity Credit Union) and pension administration (BC Pension Corporation). Through activities like estate planning and benefits changes many of my colleagues are required to talk about…
A Travel Haiku
Travel to learn. Culture. Knowledge. Connection. Oh, and lobster rolls. – A travel haiku written to reflect on the Horn family’s recent awesome trip to Nova Scotia
10 Professional Lessons from Dancing
In April 2015, 25 colleagues and I danced to Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” as part of the entertainment for V After Dark, Vancity Credit Union’s annual employee recognition and celebration event. Here’s the video and a blog post about 10…