Job training, elves & bras

“Hey you!  Come here,  come here!” Her voice, intense and commanding, sounded like it was being stretched taught across a gravel pit. It was my first day on the job.  I was 17 and working in a centre that provided jobs for developmentally delayed adults. When I stopped and looked for the owner of the […]

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My extended quirky to do list part 7 – to’odle

My last 6 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: – to do, to continue doing,  to stop doing, to not do, to done (no, the last one’s not a typo) (here’s a […]

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Powerful training = powerful learning

When was the last time you learned something powerful in a group setting? I’ve asked my workshop participants this very question hundreds of times and I can count on one hand the number of times someone relayed an example that took place in a university setting (see my caveat below). Powerful learning is relevant. Powerful […]

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My extended quirky to do list part 6 – my to done’s

My last 5 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: (I love that out of the 5 categories only two are about adding things.  Can we collectively breath a sigh of relief?) – […]

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Arlene Dickinson: We’ve come a long way …. baby?

Last night I listened to business owner, entrepreneur and TV star Arlene Dickinson of the Dragon’s Den at the Forum for Women Entrepreneur’s Gala Event.  Her captivating journey to entrepreneurship is made more impressive by her humble beginnings. Years ago, being a single mom with four kids to feed made getting cash through the door […]

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My extended quirky to do list part 5 – what not to do

Continuing the spirit of New Year’s musing, my last 4 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: (I love that out of the 5 categories only two are about adding things.  Can we […]

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My extended quirky to do list part 4 – what to stop doing

Continuing the spirit of the requisite New Year’s musings, my last 3 posts describe an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: – to do, to continue doing,  to stop doing, to not do, to done […]

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My extended quirky to do list part 3 – what to continue doing

Continuing the spirit of New Year’s reflection, my last 2 posts described an extended, quirky to-do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: – to do, to continue doing,  to stop doing, to not do, to done (the last […]

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My Extended, Quirky To Do List part 2

In my last post I described an extended, quirky to do list tool that I use in my corporate training (click here to download a copy for you to use).  It has 5 parts: – to do – to continue doing – to stop doing – to not do – to done I also promised […]

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Dancing with Dichotomy

How do we live with the ying and the yang that lives inside all of us?  The disparate parts of ourselves.  The parts that conflict.  The puzzle pieces that don’t fit together because they’re from different puzzles. I like boxes.  Little ones.  Wooden ones. Carved ones.  The ones that fancy jewelry used to come in. […]

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