oh boy! We Can Be Creative! The other day I learned something. A long time friend and colleague reacted to a comment I made about news and my preferred network(s). They said that CTV stood for Canadian Tory Vision. I had never heard that before. Considering how many CBC people have run for the Liberals […]

CFL Leadership: Are You Tone Deaf? In Saturday’s G+M, Adam Radwanski says it as well as anyone could: CFL’s latest misstep erodes its covenant with the country. You can read it for yourself. I have my own thoughts and I will outline them below. The only other person I would suggest you listen to is […]

Yes…Why do we no longer want to listen? – Part II It is not simply that our leadership seems to have taken a pass on serious listening. We all have, or at least it seems that way in my world. Now, it could be that I am not a good listener and it is therefore […]

When does a person realize that one’s ego is not one’s amigo? This statement is not original: I have shamelessly borrowed it from my professional association APPE (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics). But it is a worthwhile statement to contemplate frequently. Today was one of those days. I played golf (or at least a […]

Why do we no longer want to listen – Part I Our city council loves to hold consultation sessions. Actually they are not anything of the kind. The members of Council don’t intend to listen and the professional staff don’t know how to listen. They wonder why people then in subsequent gatherings keep bringing up […]