It’s easy for most of us to fall into a pattern: work, family and perhaps a hobby or two. Those elements can add up to a busy life, with evenings and weekends taken up with grocery shopping and other errands. If you have children there are endless sports and arts...

There is an opportunity in Canada and around the world to break fertile new ground, increase the potential of raising millions of dollars in revenue and engage many thousands of people in mission-based work with an audience that has yet to be deftly explored. But...

  I recently attended a national real estate conference in Toronto and had the pleasure of sitting with Gordon Campbell, former High Commissioner to the UK and a former B.C. Premier. I have met Premier Campbell many times when I was at UBC so I thought it would...

  As a consultant, I have worked with many large, medium and small sized not-for-profit organizations. When I begin to work with an organization, I typically start by getting a read on the organizational leadership and the culture. I’ve experienced cultures that...

  Watching political shenanigans going on everywhere (admittedly, worse in some places than others), I am reminded of lines from old TV shows and movies that seem to have current relevance both in politics and in the workplace. Here’s my latest thought. Remember...

  My colleague Sarah Hisey wrote a blog recently about a theory of Clumpers and Splitters. I confess to being the unnamed colleague that came up with the theory and thought that I could provide a more detailed explanation of the theory that Sarah effectively...