The same is true of management teams. Often decisions get made perfectly well, while a handful seem to linger and resist all attempts to move forward. The topics may get discussed at one meeting, revisited at another, perhaps supported by a little more analysis, but somehow never quite reach a conclusion. And being human, often our natural...
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, I mentioned that I was heading out on a little road trip. The destination is Tuktoyaktuk - “Tuk” - about 7,000 km from my home in Ottawa and, quite literally, the end of the road. It sits on the Arctic Ocean at the end of Canada’s northernmost public road. And just to make things interesting, I decided to drive there in my 1968
Read MoreAs I mentioned last week , I’m currently on a slightly crazy expedition from Ottawa to Tuktoyaktuk. And I’m driving an antique MGB. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, as it turns out.
Read MoreBy the time this is in your inbox, I’ll be on my way to Sault Ste. Marie - the first stop on our expedition to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean. It’s a 14,000-kilometre round trip in my 1968 MGB convertible. And what blows most people’s minds is that Edmonton is only ½ way. And somewhere along the way, the expedition became a bit of a convoy: me,...
Read MoreWe make hundreds of decision in a day - many are minor and take very little conscious thought, some are more weighty, both in terms of the thinking needed, and the outcome. We tend to think of decision making as a process of choosing between options: A or B, yes or no, now or later, do nothing or do something. And part of our process then...
Read MoreMost of us wear underwear. We don’t think too much about it. Then, every once in a while, you decide to try something new. For several weeks, I had been seeing ads for Manmade underwear. Think of it as something like a bra for men—but, you know, ‘down there’.
Read MoreDo you ever have the situation where someone says something, it completely changes your understanding, it makes perfect sense, and you’re left thinking, “How did I not know that?” I have always struggled to keep kitchen knives sharp - that razor-sharp edge they have when you first buy them. I’ve spent hours trying to hone my edge honing...
Read MoreFor me, Tuktoyaktuk was one of those strange place names that sounds sort of familiar but I couldn’t place on a map. That changed recently. Let me back up a bit. Every year I try to do something that I really don’t know if I can do. One year I took singing lessons and performed in a recital (OK, it was me and three judgmental 10 year olds – but...
Read MoreThe VW Beetle has a very distinctive shape - and even over 3 generations of design covering nearly 60 years of production, that distinctive shape has been retained, and nearly everyone can recognise a Beetle. Some Beetles come in a very noticeable yellow. So, the thing is with these yellow Beetles, there are few-enough of them that you won't...
Read MoreCanada’s progress has been imperfect, uneven, and often slow — but slow steady progress compounded over 159 years becomes something wonderful. Canada’s quiet brilliance is not that it is perfect. It is that it has built a durable brand around trust, stability, resilience, humility, and usefulness. For a small country of just 41 million, and...
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