E28: Once upon a time ...
As I turned, my camera lens sought out a brightly coloured poster with the message 'Keep the oil in the soil'. I was at the Climate Action Rally in Toronto, surrounded by kids of all ages with a number of witty posters - each making their point on the climate...
The podcast episode 'New beginnings' here: A stream of 'New's I woke up this morning to a stream of ‘new’s: Canada had announced its new government – a minority government for the Liberals which means they are going to have to learn to negotiate with the other parties in order to deliver...
The podcast episode here: In this final episode on Malcolm Gladwell’s book Talking to Strangers, I circle back to the first episode where we discussed his podcast Revisionist History. Once I got home and started reading the paper version of the book ‘Talking to Strangers – What we should know about the...
He had me at ‘spy stories’. The podcast episode here: When Heather Reisman asked Malcolm Gladwell what compelled him to write the book 'Talking to Strangers – What we should know about the people we don’t know', he said he loves a good spy story. So he started asking himself the question...
Sharing a little more from the interview with Malcolm Gladwell as he discussed his latest book Talking to Strangers (#TalkingToStrangers) Interviews and Interviews This episode is dedicated to first impressions. In particular, a segment of first impressions that affects so many young adults as they go about creating their careers. What got my...
The increasing impact of the Climate Crisis is having a direct effect on the Future of Work. It puts pressure on existing careers, but also opens up a number of new opportunities as we deal with the dual impacts of mitigation and surviving with a new normal....
Remember when you were young, and just dying for a superpower? To be a wizard. Or superman. Did you wear a cape and run around the house pointing a 'wand' at the dog to turn her into a unicorn? Or maybe you wished you could turn invisible instead of beetroot red when that...
Who can forget that little boy? Dressed up as all little 5 year-olds like to be. In full regalia: long black robe, lightsaber in hand, iconic helmet firmly on, he is Darth Vader. He has the outfit, he has the strut. But, boy, he's having trouble with the Force! Nothing seems to bow to his command: The...
We took down our basketball net this week. "We don't remember a time without that net" the kids challenged as we enlisted their aid to take down the tall iron giant that has stood guard at the entry of our driveway for .. ever. They were right. The steady 'thud thud thud,...