When a new lens on organizational change comes along, I perk up. As a mediator and consultant, I know the value of lens; of changing perspective, as a lead-in to problem resolution. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” […]
Virtual Dilemmas in Communications and Collaboration
March 6, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, I did a webinar for the BC Human Resource Management Association on the topic of Virtual Collaboration. The webinar attempted to address some of the typical challenges, dilemmas we face, as we try navigate and work together, in the virtual medium; be it using email, text, audio, video… Here’s some of those virtual dilemmas: […]
Webmind: Data mining 24,000 TEDx talks
September 27, 2013 by · 4 Comments
Ecologist Eric Berlow, founder of Vibrant Data Labs (“Data for Social Good”), and physicist Sean Gourley collaborated to map the spread of ideas using TEDx talks and YouTube data. They mined the data associated with 24,000 TEDx talks, from 147 countries, in 50 different languages, and share their findings in their own 7 minute TED talk. (hat […]
Oh Canada: Diversity in the workplace?
July 2, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, July 1, was Canada’s birthday. “Officially”, we’re 146 years old. O Canada is our national anthem. Canada has two official languages. Most of us feel good about the diverse and multi-cultural nature of our country. Yet, welcoming diversity, and people who are different from us, can be a challenge, in small and big ways. […]
Shopping for Dispute Resolution Services in the Year 2025
May 27, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
We’re amok in information. We know it. We feel it. “90% of data in the world today has been created in the last two years.” (source: IBM) Yet, with intention and considerable effort, you can curate and make sense of information, connect conversations in the data “stream”, and get a feel for what lies ahead. […]
