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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy Appointversary To Me

My first day at RPL was September 8, 2008 but I never realised I was officially appointed to the position on September 5, 2008 so happy 16th appointversary to me!

¶ Posted 05 September 2024 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Wisdom Wednesday – I’m Such A Team Player, I Really Enjoy My Job, And I Respect My Colleagues. But also…

…I cling madly to those studies that show swearing in a sign of higher-than-average intelligence! @the_mole_bag ????? #CapCut #meme #schittscreek #pov #workhumour #relatable #foryou #foryoupage #fyp #jokesss ? original sound – Nintendo – Nintendo

¶ Posted 04 September 2024 § Humour § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, science

Wisdom Wednesday – Who Could’ve Predicted Sick Time Would Increase Coming Out of a Worldwide Pandemic?!?

This may be a record as I’ve been collecting information and reading about and adding info to the ongoing draft of this blog post, for oh, over two years. I’ve been doing this, basically ever since society collectively decided that Covid was over and that we’d all stop masking, stop most precautions, and start acting […]

¶ Posted 28 August 2024 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, science

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Build A Team

@garyveevideoexperience “Want better company culture ??? Create these types of concepts that may help impact 2-4-40-400 employees, if you actually want great company culture, you must spend real time on it and not just your P&L .. hope this hits for some leaders!” – @GaryVee ? original sound – GaryVee Video Experience – GaryVee Video […]

¶ Posted 21 August 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Still Alive (But Still Taking A Blog Holiday)

We were camping for most of July in a place where Internet signal is pretty crappy (two bars max at all times and basically unusable on weekends when the park is full) plus life has been busy with a variety of things: * Buying a new vehicle/selling our old van * Inlaws downsizing their home […]

¶ Posted 09 August 2024 § Blog § Family § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, holiday

Wisdom Wednesday – First Day Back at Work After Holidays

@lindsayy_224 #relatable #backtowork #holiday ? original sound – Lindsayy_224

¶ Posted 24 July 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday

Wisdom Wednesday – Empathy at Its Foundation Includes Curiosity

Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have a shallow but wide knowledge about a massive range of topics – politics, technology, pop culture, science, religion – and that curiosity about the world and other […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Is Your Organization A Downtown Calcutta Environment?

@jessicakriegel Culture is a smell test – it can either energize or exhaust you. ?? organizationalculture employeeengagement workenvironment leadership motivation productivity teamwork employeeperformance inspiration mindset business success FontainebleauForest Calcutta ? original sound – Dr. Jessica Kriegel – Dr. Jessica Kriegel

¶ Posted 12 June 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) °

Wisdom Wednesday – I Think One of the Worst Feelings Is…

@go_hiking_ That is definitely one of the worst feelings ? #waterfall #waterfalls #hikingoftiktok #hikers #hikingadventures #hiking #ithaca ? original sound – Farbsy