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Wisdom Wednesday – Very Good Media Communications From Union Leader During Postal Strike

Has strong command of the facts Knows the history of long-ago negotiations that influence this round of bargaining Clarifies that everything that Canada Postal workers have which others

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a

Wisdom Wednesday – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Saving The Planet?

In one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, there's a scene where a planet is doomed — so they divide society into three groups to evacuate:

News Reporter Has Had Enough of Saskatchewan Winter Already

As they say on Reddit, this isn’t a parody of a small town news report but probably should be.

Wisdom Wednesday – Glass Balls vs. Plastic Balls

A co-worker who said she was worried about me and the impact of the various stresses in my life right now related the glass balls and plastic balls

Saturday Snap – Baby Librarian Hammond? Young Man Hammond?

It’s an unofficial tradition (does two people doing it so far equal a “tradition”?) that when a colleague is at one of the branches I work at –

Wisdom Wednesday – What Is Compassionate Leadership?

I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can be many things

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – HR Lunch (January 2012)

Though it was a path I never expected, in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to start my career in the HR Unit as I learned so much about

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