Category Archives: Work

Saturday Snap – Unyonismo

Wisdom Wednesday – Shout Out To Thin Air

@ryanjamesahern #sales #b2b #george #manager #salesmanger #corporatehumor #corporatelife #officelife #office #officehumor #work #worklife #shareholders #profits #waste #quota ? original sound – Ryan Ahern  

Music Monday – “Everyone’s watching, to see what you will do/Everyone’s looking at you,/oh Everyone’s wondering, will you come out tonight/Everyone’s trying to get it right, get it right

Had a busy weekend… Went to meet my local councillor at his “Coffee with a Councillor” event and ended up bumping into enough of city council including the Mayor to have quorum for a meeting! (not pictured – Councillor Mark Burton)   Had a great chat about taxes, mega projects, development, and yes, even though I […]

17 Words For My 17th Anniversary of Working at RPL

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 – a bit sad no one on management side congratulated me!) 😉 Anyhow, I thought it might be a fun exercise to randomly pick the first 17 […]

Wisdom Wednesday – HR Rebranding as People & Culture is a Really Dumb Trend

HR doesn’t set the culture, the leaders do. So look at the top leaders – how do they act?  How do they treat people?  How do they support people?  How do they enable people to do their best work?  Are they well-liked by staff?  Do staff even know who they are?  (If they don’t, do […]

Wisdom Wednesday – The Two Core Types of Personalities

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 over the years is that, when you boil it right down, there are really only two personality types – black & white thinkers and grey area thinkers. […]

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 […]

Music Monday – “We don’t get fooled again/Don’t get fooled again, no, no/Yeah/Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who

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

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

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 […]