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Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

Posted 15 May 2024 § Politics § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – For A Culture To Change, Leaders Modeling The Desired Behaviour Is The Only Thing That Works

I’m reminded of a former colleague from when I worked in the HR unit who said “What makes you think leaders *want* a healthy workplace culture?” @theclwill Talk of Culture change is just Noise #leadership #leadertok #management #culturechange ? original sound – Chris Williams – Chris Williams

Posted 08 May 2024 § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – Politics and Religion Shouldn’t Mix

Posted 05 May 2024 § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Why You Spend So Much Money At Costco?

Posted 03 May 2024 § FridayFunLink § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Top 50 Worst Corporate Jargon Phrases (Top Five)

NGL, I lose a tiny bit of respect for people when I hear them use these phrases.  (Of course, I also lose a tiny bit of respect for 50-year old English majors who use emoji speak abbreviations like “NGL”!) 😉 @courageousleadership Replying to @Keith Overbay here you go! Top 5 worst corporate jargon phrases ? […]

Posted 01 May 2024 § Humour § List § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Taking Down A WWE Ring

Posted 30 April 2024 § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Don’t Think I Told Him To Grow A Beard But He Did Anyhow! (October 2017)

Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it. So I was surprised when […]

Posted 25 April 2024 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Managers Trying To Keep Employee Morale Up

Head and shoulders, knees and toes… @corporate.snark #workhumor #corporatehumor #workmemes ? original sound – Corporate Snark

Posted 24 April 2024 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – UBI Would Eliminate The First Two Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In a world that measures success by the relentless pursuit of MORE, it strikes me as odd for anyone to assume that everyone would suddenly stop striving for MORE simply because they were guaranteed ENOUGH to not go hungry or homeless. This is really basic Maslow's hierarchy stuff pic.twitter.com/PzhYsARSm3 — Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 12, […]

Posted 10 April 2024 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – “You Lead People and You Manage Things”

I’m also shocked at how many people in high level positions think their job is to manage people.

Posted 03 April 2024 § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,