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Evidence-based hope

December 2, 2020

We talk about power head on. And what it means to be the people who control how work feels. What an awesome responsibility it is. And what happens when leaders fall short. We don’t let them pretend it away. We sit in the discomfort of the thing. And that’s where our hope comes from.

Companies don’t make decisions, people do

October 7, 2020

So on the one hand, you have employees agitating for a more complete view of how their employers’ activities impact the world. And on the other you have CEOs hoping that no one will notice those impacts.

How to quit your job during a pandemic

September 23, 2020

If you don’t need to quit during a pandemic, this one isn’t for you. The rest of you who are still here, welcome. This is the unofficial guide for how to quit your job during a pandemic.

Cheerful swearing for a change

August 26, 2020

There has never been a time when people were more ripe for change. You have an entire world, tilted sideways. And the optimistic part is that you can only get transformation when people are receptive to change.

The waiting is the hardest part

July 29, 2020

To run the tapes is to review past performance – yours or someone else’s – to see what you can learn from it. To run, and re-run, the metaphorical or literal video tape.

Checkmate in five moves

July 15, 2020

For those of you who see yourself in the 40% and falling camp, though, it’s time to see it for what it is. If it’s genuinely changeable and you have the energy and the commitment to change it, we’re rooting for you. If it’s not changeable, though. Well.

This is nothing like mat leave

May 6, 2020

8 weeks ago things here in Toronto started to shut down. And if they’d only shut down for a week or two, maybe we all could have gone back to what it was. But it’s been two months. You’re different than you were. We all are.

The end of the beginning

April 22, 2020

Your ability, your team’s ability, your organization’s ability to survive a crisis like this starts when you accept it for what it is.

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