Notes from …
A Monthly Newsletter from Bob’s Kitchen Table
The Uncomfortable Chair
Recently our local city council had an epiphany. For readers not familiar with my city, Calgary Alberta, we have, what is considered a very thoughtful and progressive city council led by a gentleman who has been described, by vote, as the best mayor in the world in 2014 … Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
One Deputy, One Problem, One Tool
In 2005 a group of 20 people gathered at the Lake Okanagan Resort outside of Kelowna for 4 days. They were the first group of many to be invited to the Leading Learning Organizations (LLO) sessions to learn the curriculum of leadership and engagement tools and techniques developed and delivered by Bob Chartier. The group represented a broad spectrum of the diverse business of our Ministry.
Strategic Planning: Disengaged Compliance or Engagement Opportunity
Strategic Planning has been with us for some time now. The good is that having a plan is probably still a better idea than not having a plan. The bad is that such matters are often still done out of a sense of compliance and is still seen as a high cost“ product created in part by inside “outsiders” and outside “insiders.”
Wood Fire: The Ancient Touch
I believe we all are drawn at some point in our lives or maybe all through our lives, where we feel a strong desire to make something with our hands.
For some of us, it can be as simple as building a birdhouse, knitting a scarf or baking some bread. For others, it moves beyond craft and into art and maybe even into a piece of work for the ages. For most of us, however, it is enough for the pure joy and satisfaction of the “making.”