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Wisdom Wednesday – If The Only Tool You Have Is A Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

If The Only Tool You Have Is A Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

¶ Posted 27 May 2026 § Humour § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Secular Sunday – Who Exactly Is Teaching Kids About “Socialism”?

A bit of a different take on secularism. But since it’s usually heavily religious conservative people yelling “Socialism!” at anything they don’t like, I’ll allow it…

¶ Posted 24 May 2026 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – Meetings

Running an effective meeting is one of the core skills managers and supervisors need in any organization. (I don’t agree with everything in this picture but I do agree that meetings and how they are run is a reflection of your larger culture.)

¶ Posted 20 May 2026 § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Happy to Announce I’ve Accepted The Newly Created Position of Manager, Organizational Development, At RPL!

April Fool’s!

¶ Posted 01 April 2026 § Humour § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – At The End of the Day…

I think it was the very first post I made when I started doing these workplace/organizational culture themed “Wisdom Wednesday” posts – the best lesson the best manager I never directly worked for taught me. “At the end of the day, forget all the rules and policies and guidelines because those are just words on […]

¶ Posted 25 March 2026 § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]

¶ Posted 20 March 2026 § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, health, history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Film Tax Credit Cuts Protest (May 2012)

There have been a lot of mistakes, a lot of missteps and a lot of deficit budgets. But cutting the Sask Film Tax Credit is arguably the single most negative impact the Sask Party has had on our province – chasing away film production and the skilled people who worked in the industry *just* as […]

¶ Posted 19 March 2026 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, movies, saskatchewan, television

Wisdom Wednesday – Oh, Poop!

¶ Posted 18 March 2026 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Civic Engagement (February 2004, June 2009, Sept 2025)

I feel so fortunate to have grown up with parents who instilled a love of reading, news, politics and community engagement into me from a young age. Whether it was my dad reading the Leader Post from front-to-back every evening or my mom’s involvement on the Board of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, I have […]

¶ Posted 12 March 2026 § Family § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – What Constitutes Great Customer Service (and How Far Is Too Far?)

A recent post in a Regina Rant & Rave group on FB got a lot of attention. Basically, a disabled person went to a Co-op gas station to get air in a low tire but couldn’t get it to work. They talked to the manager who didn’t help. But then a sixteen year old gas […]