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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Employees First, Customers Second”

I usually post a picture for Throwback Thursday but for something different today, I thought I’d post a different type of “throwback”. I was recently talking with someone about the best leadership/management/business books we’d read. I said I have a few favourites but one called “Employees First, Customers Second” by Vineet Nayar was the first […]

¶ Posted 21 October 2021 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Great Attraction or Great Attrition? It’s Up To Employers…

Some of the society-shifting impacts of Covid are being seen most clearly in workplaces. A lot depends on whether managers and leaders are able to shift their thinking…

¶ Posted 19 October 2021 § Canada § Jobs § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics

Netflix CEO Writes A Book

Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]

¶ Posted 09 September 2020 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, economics

Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not an “official” stat holiday but it’s still a day that many workplaces (not just libraries) recognize as a slow time and/or a good time to close early […]

¶ Posted 08 October 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, economics, holiday, ontario, saskatchewan

Bryan Trottier: A Letter To My Younger Self

This is a great article by one of my favourite NHL players of all-time on one of my two favourite teams – from the anecdotes about not just playing pond hockey in rural Saskatchewan but his dad clearing a beaver dam to make it happen to the leadership lessons of “Badger” Bob Johnson with his relentless […]

¶ Posted 24 November 2015 § Canada § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey, saskatchewan

Christmas Eve Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

Earlier this fall, I had occasion to do some research on the Christmas Eve closing hours of various Canadian public libraries. (Not all libraries post their Christmas Eve hours since it’s not a full “Closed Day” in most places, only a partial day so I was thankful for those that did provide this information. […]

¶ Posted 24 December 2014 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

“Management By Blurt”

I’m always developing personal theories to explain the world as I experience it. One of my latest is the concept of “Management By Blurt”. What I mean by this is that I’ve increasingly noticed how many people have a very human tendency to “blurt” out an answer when questioned or pressed on an issue, whether our answer […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2014 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

The “Boring” Trait Google Looks For In All Its Leaders

Not sure if it’s a predictable answer but it makes a lot of sense when you think about it. 😉

¶ Posted 17 September 2014 § Jobs § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, google

The Business Case for Happiness in the Workplace

I’ve long been a believer that a happy workplace is a productive, engaged workplace. Now, it looks like Canadian business schools are starting to agree. From the Globe & Mail (with my own bolding of parts I found particularly relevant)… The business case for happiness in the workplace DELLA BRADSHAW Published Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 07:00PM […]