Category Archives: Jobs

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Hurt A Narcissist

@adamcam10 How to hurt a narcissist ? original sound – Adam Cam

Wisdom Wednesday – As An Adult, You Cannot Be “In Trouble” With Another Adult

@okaywithkay not your boss, not your parents, not your partner. it’s a trauma response, not a healthy dynamic. ??? #anxiousattachment #peoplepleasing #therapytok ? original sound – okaywithkay

Wisdom Wednesday – If Someone Says Covid Is “Over”…

Definitely don’t listen to the politicians.  And even many of the medical professionals misunderstand the ongoing risks. If you want to know the true status of Covid, listen to the insurance actuaries whose whole business model is predicated on predicting the actual financial costs of Covid to their companies (no different than insurance companies increasingly […]

Saturday Snap – Unyonismo

Wisdom Wednesday – Shout Out To Thin Air

@ryanjamesahern #sales #b2b #george #manager #salesmanger #corporatehumor #corporatelife #officelife #office #officehumor #work #worklife #shareholders #profits #waste #quota ? original sound – Ryan Ahern  

Music Monday – “Everyone’s watching, to see what you will do/Everyone’s looking at you,/oh Everyone’s wondering, will you come out tonight/Everyone’s trying to get it right, get it right

Had a busy weekend… Went to meet my local councillor at his “Coffee with a Councillor” event and ended up bumping into enough of city council including the Mayor to have quorum for a meeting! (not pictured – Councillor Mark Burton)   Had a great chat about taxes, mega projects, development, and yes, even though I […]

17 Words For My 17th Anniversary of Working at RPL

Today was my 17th anniversary of starting work at RPL and, coincidentally, I spent it in bargaining all day as a representative of CUPE1594 (not going to lie – a bit sad no one on management side congratulated me!) 😉 Anyhow, I thought it might be a fun exercise to randomly pick the first 17 […]

Jon Stewart on the Canceling of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up" pic.twitter.com/v8MrNpg28w — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 22, 2025  

Wisdom Wednesday – HR Rebranding as People & Culture is a Really Dumb Trend

HR doesn’t set the culture, the leaders do. So look at the top leaders – how do they act?  How do they treat people?  How do they support people?  How do they enable people to do their best work?  Are they well-liked by staff?  Do staff even know who they are?  (If they don’t, do […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 10 Promises to Myself (August 2010)

Fairly early in my career, I wrote a post called “10 Promises To Myself” where I tried to outline how I would approach my career and how I would always try to be true to my own values even if there was pressure to compromise for career advancement or financial rewards or even just pressure […]