29 Mar What happens if …
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25 Mar Are you missing your commute?
It took me a while - almost 3 months - to figure out why I was having trouble fitting everything in even though I was working from home full-time. I'd been better organized when I was away from home 5:30am-7:00pm. After a while, I realized it was my commute. Over 16 years,...
22 Mar Connections – and why it matters more in a world of isolation
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Connections Many week ago - almost a lifetime ago - I started a series on Connections. I had a reason: I was worrying about a very tight flight 'connection' that I would be making en route a flight to India. Today I am reversing that journey. And it is still about connections. But so...
16 Feb Who is Gen Z’s top career influencer?
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E40: Gen Z is leaning on parents as career influencers. More than peers or professors as they make major career decisions. How can we use this information? This episode is inspired by a post that I wrote for CERIC in honour of Family Day (link below). (07:00 min listen, 04:00 min...
27 Nov E33: Can your campus career centre help you find that first job?
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E33: Visit your career centre! 2:24 listen, 1:00 read Your career centre has a host of services to help you land your first job. I was surprised to hear that only half the final year class (54%) use their careers centre on campus That number is 54% for Canadian Universities and 41% for...
12 Nov Think outside the box
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E32: Think outside the box. 2:34 min listen, 3 min read. First figure out the box In the previous episode, we talked about the value of critical thinking as an EQ skill, and the fact that there is a 4-step method that assists in nurturing it. In his HBR article ‘A Short Guide...
05 Nov Sully & Critical Thinking
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E30: 6:11 min listen, 3 min read Sully Do you remember when Captain Sully landed US1549 in the Hudson? I recall watching footage of the passengers, each with their bright yellow lifejackets, gingerly walking out on the wings of the plane as it hovered on the surface of a cold river in...
01 Nov It is a matching game
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E29: 8 min listen, 3 min read The math is not adding up ...
23 Oct New beginnings
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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...
11 Oct E25: Malcolm #TalkingToStrangers Audiobook
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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...