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Secular Sunday – Sunday Reflections

(h/t to SA on FB)

Posted 10 December 2023 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Bamboozled

Posted 26 November 2023 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Things That Are Societal “Constructs”

Been thinking about this a bit lately in a variety of ways – the “controversy” over gender fluidity/Drag Queen storytimes/”grooming”, the notion of what constitutes “professionalism” as I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work every day while having the most rat-nesty beard this side of Santa Claus, and then the above thought I saw […]

Posted 21 November 2023 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Sunday Payday!

Posted 12 November 2023 § Humour § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch

I first heard this advice years ago when I was still in the role of Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. In hindsight, I don’t think I appreciated what an amazing job that was to have right at the start of my library career. Our Director (still the same guy all these years later) […]

Posted 08 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Religious Fails

Posted 05 November 2023 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Boomerang Retro C-64 Video Game

A guy I went to school with got a game published in Compute! magazine in the late 90’s (and got a $500 payday or something wild). These were the days were the code was printed in the magazine and you had to manually enter it to play the game.  (I still remember my Grade Six […]

Posted 03 November 2023 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Hiring Is A Million Dollar Decision

A long time ago, a colleague gave me a way to think of hiring that totally changed how I view the process of selecting a candidate. Before, I was just thinking “Who can best do this job?” but he pointed out that you’re not just hiring the person for the immediate job but potentially for […]

Posted 01 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Boundaries? What Boundaries?

In my Wisdom Wednesday series, I’ll eventually do a post about the difference I see between what I call “black & white” thinkers and “grey area” thinkers.  (Myers-Briggs has 16 classifications.  True Colors has 4.  Hamology basically only has 2!) One big aspect of this difference is that are those who think there are hard […]

Posted 28 October 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,