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
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
Humanity is forever trying to put people into boxes – 34 CliftonStrengths, 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, 5 Conflict Styles, 4 True Colours, etc. etc. One observation I’ve had
Especially for public libraries and doubly so having an RN wife who’s entire job is working with high risk pregnancies, knowing that every single day, the wrong decision
Needs one section added in the middle showing about half a dozen shadowy figures behind the guy with the briefcase that’s labeled: “The questions about the wrong things.”
A senior manager recently said “I don’t want to say the word ‘but’ because everyone knows that when you say ‘but’, the next thing you say is going
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This is a post that’s five (or maybe even ten or fifteen?) years in the making. When I started at RPL fifteen years ago, I was an extremely
A couple recent conversations got me thinking about the idea that “Work is 80% Relationships” and the vital importance of soft skills. * A long time ago, the
Sometimes patrons think we’re helping them but they don’t realise that often they’re helping us too. Always great to have moments that remind you of why libraries are
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