A while back, I remember reading a most interesting thing about a key difference between fishing for lobsters and for crabs. Apparently with lobsters you have to keep a watchful eye as once caught and dropped in a bucket, lobsters will keep trying to ... [Continue Reading]
Change management? Change required = management
Last evening I sat through a very informative presentation given by a colleague of mine; the topic was on why Canadian industry is suffering from an "innovation gap" (comparatively speaking, based on international ranking systems) and what the ... [Continue Reading]
Are you a reluctant change agent?
A few days ago I was in Maryland visiting with some good friends. We had a thoughtful discussion about "change", in which they suggested that most people are forced through circumstances to deal with all kinds of change. Family issues. Career ... [Continue Reading]
Daydreaming about retirement? You need to watch this.
Just came across an excellent video presentation of a keynote address by Ken Dychtwald, who is a highly respected researcher/writer on the topic of retirement. The full video clocks in at 42 minutes so it will require a time commitment on your part, ... [Continue Reading]
What makes an effective change agent?
I've been mulling this question over for some time now, partly as (one of many) ways of continually improving my own articulation of my value proposition and brand as a "change guy". Here's my short list for how one should approach a potential ... [Continue Reading]
Weighing in on the “unpaid internship” debate
On a local radio call-in talk show today, the subject was "unpaid internships". It's been in the news a lot recently, and it seems to me that a lot of fairly unscrupulous companies are taking advantage of getting access to free labour under the ... [Continue Reading]
“Ruts in the brain”: Driving successful change (part 5 of 5)
Over the past several weeks, I have been writing a series of blog posts on how to plan and manage successful change. This is the final installment in the series of 5 steps I laid out, and as such contains some final thoughts about pulling it all ... [Continue Reading]
A class act: Groupon’s ex-CEO Andrew Mason
Just before getting into this, full disclosure: I never really liked Groupon as a business venture. I think it has a business model that, well, kinda sucks: Very little barriers to entry so the first-mover advantage wasn't much of a benefit. Appeals ... [Continue Reading]
How to change (Tiny Habits)
Given my interest in better understanding "change" and working to help people build positive habits in their personal and business lives, I want to share a resource I recently came across -- Tiny Habits, offered by B.J. Fogg. In his words: Let me ... [Continue Reading]
Reasons to quit (from REWORK)
I just finished reading the book “Rework”, which is a nice little gem of short (1 to 2 page) thoughts and ideas about how to conduct business (geared more to small business and owner/operated businesses than the Fortune 500 type). One of the ... [Continue Reading]
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