January 22, 2018
I recently spent three weeks touring the coastlines of Australia. Between the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Manly Beach, Sorrento and Adelaide I devoured some wicked surf and sand in the … Continue reading “Books To Devour By Nilofer Merchant, Roger Martin, Jennifer Riel and Daniel Pink”
August 17, 2016
It’s been some time since I patrolled the jaundice-colored halls of my high school. Those were awkward days. Acne, Bunsen burner fiascos and infamous air band “talent shows” were iffy … Continue reading “Gord Downie May Be The Best High School Teacher I Never Had”
May 6, 2016
‘To work with‘ – that’s really what cooperating means. Sounds easy, doesn’t it. In research conducted for her book, Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz With Energy: And … Continue reading “It’s Not So Hard To Be A Little More Cooperative”
December 31, 2015
Willing. In a moments notice, a friend is willing. Willing to give. Willing to forgive. Willing to follow. Willing to unfollow. Willing to colour. Willing to discolour. Whose friend is … Continue reading “What Is A Friend?”
November 24, 2014
Like thousands of other webizens, I took to Twitter on the evening of November 24, 2014. I did so to understand how Ferguson, Missouri was handling a grand jury’s decision … Continue reading “How Not to Tweet if You’re a Television Station”
September 25, 2014
I read with disdain about IBM’s dubious plan to reduce the pay of some of its workers by 10 percent in order for them to improve their skills. Patrick Thibodeau … Continue reading “Docking Employee Pay to Improve Their Skills is Dubious if not Dumb”
October 10, 2011
I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California along with roughly 8,000 other attendees. This was the first SharePoint conference since the … Continue reading “Review: SharePoint Conference 2011”
October 5, 2011
The Fab Four; Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were a band like no other. As someone born in 1971, they are my generation’s Fab Four. Steve, … Continue reading “Steve Jobs – My Favourite Beatle”
May 15, 2010
Last year, I wrote a piece entitled “The Standalone LMS is Dead”. Last week, Dave Wilkins of Learn.com wrote a piece entitled “A Defense of the LMS (and a case … Continue reading “Standalone LMS is Still Dead (rebutting & agreeing w/ Dave Wilkins)”
May 8, 2010
I find myself in the center of an intellectual tempest. The traditional ‘learning’ folks are trying to sort out how to revolutionize the industry by augmenting their formal learning strategies … Continue reading “The Holy Trinity: Leadership Framework, Learning 2.0 & Enterprise 2.0”
March 22, 2010
Last year, I posted some thoughts on the evolution of the training vendor entitled “An Updated Business Model for Training Vendors“. This is the bulleted form follow-up to that post. … Continue reading “If I Were a Training Vendor …”
February 22, 2010
Winter Olympic fever has enveloped my beloved city of Vancouver, but I’ve managed to take a break from the action to opine about an issue that clearly needs more than … Continue reading “The Ability to Lead Remote Employees Will Become the Next 2.0 Skill”
