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Wisdom Wednesday – The Real Luxuries in Life

¶ Posted 23 April 2025 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Music Monday – “These are finest times of my life/This is the greatest time of my life This is the greatest time of my life/These are the biggest times of my life”

A colleague sent me this song I’d never heard before and, true story, it hit me just right so I ended up tearing up in my cubicle. (That may have been the intention?) “Bill Is Dead” – The Fall

¶ Posted 21 April 2025 § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Wisdom Wednesday – But…

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 to be negative or bad news.” She then went on to say “However…” to speak against something someone had done that had taken a huge amount of […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2025 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

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 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, parents

Friday Fun Link – Librarian Dad Jokes

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¶ Posted 04 April 2025 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

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 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

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 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

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 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – How Do Companies Come Up With Their “Values”

Actions speak louder than words… @wankernomics Ever wondered how companies come up with meaningless ‘Organisational Values’ like Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Excellence? Watch this video to find out how. If you like this type of stuff come to the all new Wankernomics show touring Australia and the UK this year. It’s an all-staff meeting brought […]