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Friday Forlorn Link – Rest In Power, Bruce.

Not really a link and definitely not fun like my usual Friday Fun Link posts. But a friend posted the below on Facebook in reaction to the suicide of an Alberta man who was about to suffer from changes to that province’s disability support program. It hit me harder than it might have for a […]

¶ Posted 15 June 2026 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Wisdom Wednesday – Moral Injury

Someone recently told me about the term “Moral Injury” which is similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and also comes out of studies of the military. But where PTSD is about something that damages a person’s loss of sense of personal safety after a traumatic event or series of events, Moral Injury can occur when […]

¶ Posted 10 June 2026 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – List of People I’ve Reported to at Regina Public Library in 17 Years

I’m going to try to (roughly) put these in order but it’s a long list and so I may not get it perfect…everybody I’ve reported to at RPL in 17 years, either officially or temporarily when I was between managers (which could often be a fairly long stretch as well.) I feel lucky as I […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2026 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – We Should All Imagine What A Perfect World Looks Like And Talk About It Obsessively

@simonsinek Words may inspire, but only action creates change. When we lead with empathy and respect on our own teams, we send out ripples of positive impact that will reach far beyond our immediate circles. ? original sound – Simon Sinek

¶ Posted 03 June 2026 § Jobs § Library § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Wisdom Wednesday – If The Only Tool You Have Is A Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

If The Only Tool You Have Is A Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

¶ Posted 27 May 2026 § Humour § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Meetings

Running an effective meeting is one of the core skills managers and supervisors need in any organization. (I don’t agree with everything in this picture but I do agree that meetings and how they are run is a reflection of your larger culture.)

¶ Posted 20 May 2026 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Happy to Announce I’ve Accepted The Newly Created Position of Manager, Organizational Development, At RPL!

April Fool’s!

¶ Posted 01 April 2026 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – At The End of the Day…

I think it was the very first post I made when I started doing these workplace/organizational culture themed “Wisdom Wednesday” posts – the best lesson the best manager I never directly worked for taught me. “At the end of the day, forget all the rules and policies and guidelines because those are just words on […]

¶ Posted 25 March 2026 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Music Monday – “Should five percent appear too small/Be thankful I don’t take it all/’Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman.”

“Taxman” – The Beatles

¶ Posted 23 March 2026 § Library § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, economics

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]