Last month, I attended the Association of Professional Executives (APEX) of the Public Service of Canada’s annual conference and heard Salim Ismail speak about Exponential Technologies and Exponential Organizations. It wasn’t a talk that I was expecting to hear but it...
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” – Bill Gates ...
My biggest fear is that eventually, you will see me the way I see myself. At work, do you ever have the feeling that you don’t belong there? I don’t mean in the context of fitting-in-with-the-cool-people-by-the water-cooler, but professionally speaking … do you...
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy”...
For personal and professional reasons, this blog post on military career transition holds a special place in my heart. On the personal side, I have friends, neighbours, and acquaintances who are or have been members of the military. Some of these people have...
