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Tag: Inspiration

  • You’ll be a person longer…

    Years ago, my kids were attending a summer hockey camp being put on by the college hockey team in our city. It was an outstanding program having been built into a perennial contender and multiple national champion. The coach was revered across the country (think men’s college basketball’s Coach K, but in a Canadian hockey…

  • Don’t forget the humans

    With so much focus on technology innovation, AI, and everything in between, there’s very little fuss being made about the humans. This isn’t new. But aren’t they still the most important part of everything? Our customers Our employees Our partners Our friends Our parents Our kids All humans. I’m feeling like it’s more important than…

  • What’s so wrong with a cult?

    I was having a conversation with a friend the other day. We were talking about an event we were both attending for our daughters, at their college the following week. The school is well-known in Canada for how well it instills a deep sense of community and engagement with their students. It has a reputation…

  • Be like Mike

    In the early 90s, Gatorade ran a TV ad with Michael Jordan that had the tag line “Be Like Mike.” But today I want to tell you about a different Mike. Mike is a retiree and recently visited a non-profit organization that helps youth struggling with addiction. On his visit to the organization’s rehab facility,…

  • Moments Matter

    I’m sitting in the airport this morning, getting ready to head to Chicago. It’s my industry’s annual global conference. Hosted by ACMP – the theme is Architects of Transformation. I’ve been to one of ACMP’s major conferences prior to this year, pre COVID, and it was amazing. This is only the second year since 2019…

  • Multiplier Effects

    Oversized outcomes. Multiplier effects. Those experiences where the outcome is worth more than what what you put in. I love those times. It could be an amazing dinner out. A social event you were reluctant to attend. An unknown band performing in a small club. Maybe it’s just any kind of a ‘win.’ I feel…