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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 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language

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 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education

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 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – What Constitutes Great Customer Service (and How Far Is Too Far?)

A recent post in a Regina Rant & Rave group on FB got a lot of attention. Basically, a disabled person went to a Co-op gas station to get air in a low tire but couldn’t get it to work. They talked to the manager who didn’t help. But then a sixteen year old gas […]

¶ Posted 11 March 2026 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Wisdom Wednesday – Rebuilding The Working Class

Saw the story I’ve copied below online and it made me think of the current Federal NDP Leadership Race where this is a major topic of conversation. It was also in the first provincial NDP Leadership race I was involved in where I got introduced to the term “Granholier Than Thou” as someone who was […]

¶ Posted 07 January 2026 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, history, language, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – “The Company Hired Me To Lead Their ‘Agile’ Transformation (I Don’t Know What ‘Agile’ Means. Nobody Does.)”

Beware those who use language to hide, not to clarify… The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."I don't know what Agile means.Nobody does.That's why it works. I make $425,000 a year.To move sticky notes.From left to right.On a board.The board is digital now.The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.… — Peter Girnus […]