by chartz_2j82lc | Dec 1, 2017 | The Practice Collection
I have been curious lately … For years, I have pondered the dilemma of toxic bureaucracy and how it continues to choke institutions of public service, business and community service. After retirement from the career side of bureaucratic tussling, I now find myself...
by chartz_2j82lc | Nov 1, 2017 | The Practice Collection
I grew up in a small business family. I started to go down that road myself but I had neither brains, skills nor good sense to stick with plumbing. In such times small business was a pretty good deal. You could pick your business, pick your city or town, buy a small...
by chartz_2j82lc | Oct 1, 2017 | The Practice Collection
Much too often, these days I find myself drinking my coffee in the morning and yelling at the radio. So one morning a while back I heard a local panel on CBC discussing the issue of student awards and prizes. It seems some schools have considered the elimination of...
by chartz_2j82lc | Sep 14, 2017 | The Practice Collection
My name is Ashley McFadyen, a recent graduate from Maidstone, Saskatchewan. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob when he came to speak at a Northwest Leadership Academy meeting. I became inspired by his idea of creating charters when working with a group of people. I...
by chartz_2j82lc | Sep 1, 2017 | The Practice Collection
Let me explain … Those who have known me for a while know that the three things I have often say I could do without are … meetings, committees and workshops. We know that tools like the Standup and Courtyard Café and the Jam Sessions explode the notion of what a...
by chartz_2j82lc | Aug 1, 2017 | The Practice Collection
It was almost twenty-five years ago that I had a fortuitous dinner with a guest speaker from California. Etienne Wenger would have as great an impact on my thinking then as Peter Senge did a few years before that. Senge’s work was a challenge for me … His brilliant...
