I live in a very progressive community – open government initiatives with lots of opportunities for input, long-term and sustainable vision, alignment with the Canadian Index of Wellbeing – all good stuff. I am also very civic minded. From junior and high school student councils, three House of Commons jobs, work in government relations and community involvementContinue reading “Vote? Absolutely! … but online?”
Category Archives: Trust
You can’t just talk trust… you must act
I was reading Simon Sinek’s book “Start with Why” and came to the part that talks about the major levels of the brain. “The newest area of the brain, our Homo sapien brain, is the neocortex, which corresponds with the WHAT level. The neocortex is responsible for rational and analytical thought and language. The middle twoContinue reading “You can’t just talk trust… you must act”
Is the Senate scandal a supercharged change management tactic?
I’m appalled by the antics in Ottawa right now. They erode trust faster than a wave on a sandcastle. But I want to know why it’s happening. Why did the Conservative government draw attention to Senate expenses now? They had to know about lax and unequally applied regulations. They had to know that funding improprieties would draw questions aboutContinue reading “Is the Senate scandal a supercharged change management tactic?”
Why blame?
When I was out for a walk last night, a lovely family of four was biking along a path at the top of the hill on the horizon. Suddenly, the little girl – obviously a new rider of perhaps six or seven years old – fell off her bike. She didn’t even appear to wobble,Continue reading “Why blame?”
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