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Wisdom Wednesday – (Most) Work Is Not That Serious

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 could result in bad health outcomes or even death for a mother and/or baby. Here’s how I often frame it: “Libraries aren’t heart attacks and handcuffs even […]

Posted 28 May 2025 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Middle Managers Are The Most Hated Position in Any Organization

@natoutofoffice People love to hate middle management ? original sound – natoutofoffice  

Posted 21 May 2025 § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Support vs. Congratulations

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.” @hustlesfree Think about it. How many times have you wanted something or wanted to achieve a certain goal and no one supported you? But when you accomplish […]

Posted 14 May 2025 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Would You Take Us Through A Typical Day For You?

Such a classic movie pointing out how much of our “work” is inane busy work and other bullshit games. @2008229_0108 ? original sound – InstaMakeover

Posted 07 May 2025 § Humour § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) °

Wisdom Wednesday – Five Takeaways From 2025 Canadian Election

One of the wildest elections in Canadian history – massive swings in fortunes, two party leaders losing their seats, the US being a major factor in the Canadian results, NDP reduced to non-party status after being arguably the most effective NDP caucus in history, electoral reform once again seems like a necessity. @aartipole1 It was […]

Posted 30 April 2025 § Canada § List § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Real Luxuries in Life

 

Posted 23 April 2025 § Family § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Millennials and Gen Z Don’t Care About Work

And once again, Gen X gets forgotten… 😉 @mikemancusi Why young people don’t care about work #work #workethic #millennial #genz ? original sound – Mike Mancusi  

Posted 09 April 2025 § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – April Fool?

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 unique position in the HR Unit called “Organization Development Specialist” with responsibility for staff training and development, change management initiatives, working on the nebulous “organizational culture” among […]

Posted 02 April 2025 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – “I’ll Make A Note Of It”

@win_the_job #corporatejargon #corporateamerica #corporatetiktok #makeanoteofthis #winthejob #satisfying ? original sound – Samy Jones, Win The Job

Posted 25 March 2025 § Humour § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Work Is 80% Relationships

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 best manager we ever had at RPL talked to me about how the fact that her and another manager were really good friends outside of work and […]

Posted 26 February 2025 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: