I'm reading Barbara Fredrickson's Positivity. (I'm also reading Seth Godin's Linchpin, Gerry Fewster's Don't Let Your Kids Be Normal, Chris Cleave's Little Bee and Kate Pullinger's The Mistress of Nothing. Does anyone else out there read 5 books at once? I can't help myself...I think… Continue

I have just returned home from Los Angeles and the TMBC offices, where I was attending the Strong Manager Certified Trainer Session. Great content, terrific group of people, lots of interesting dialogue: all good. When I got home, I was greeted with a stack of mail and magazines and an imploring look from my partner which I interpreted as: "Are you ever going to read these or can I recycle them?" Since I hate to throw anything away that I haven't used up completely, I decided to start… Continue

I'm in full reaction mode right now. I'll be fully transparent that I haven't taken the time to let the information sit with me and consider the perspective of the leaders who decided that the people strategy that I'm about to rip to shreds in front of you would be effective. I will certainly protect the privacy of the leader who described it to me, and the organization where he works but I feel I have a duty to employees everywhere to expose the cracks, no chasms, in this approach.… Continue

Last week, I spoke at the Social Intranet Summit in Vancouver, BC. About five years ago, as the Director and Learning and Development at Intrawest (a resort real estate developer and operator: Whistler Blackcomb ring a bell?), I worked with a supremely talented group of business application developers who helped me to introduce a wiki-style intranet into my organization. All employees could… Continue