Can Consciousness Resolve Conflict?
Perhaps like me, your background or formal training in university or college had a technical focus with little or no…
How can Curiosity Change our Conversations?
Everything is never as it seems – these are the lyrics of a song I heard on the radio a…
An Inclusive Leader Builds Meaning
A colleague loaned me a book recently – Appreciative Leadership by Kiana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader. I was…
Rebuilding Trust – Is it always Possible?
I recently met with several members of a group in conflict. When asking one member what their goal was moving…
Why a Whistleblower Line May Not be the Only Answer
Many organizations establish a Whistleblower line to enable employees to anonymously report wrong doing. Having an independent hotline available to…
Reaction vs Response
My reptilian brain is always overtaking my thinking brain. It’s all related to feeling threatened and that automatic flight, fight,…
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Many companies are willing to tackle the costs associated with improving the physical environment of their workplace. That’s partly because…
Starting the Conversation – A Psychologically Supportive Workplace
We need you to join the conversation. We have developed a visual survey about psychological health and safety in the…
Workplace Mental Health Accommodation
This month we had the pleasure of hosting the Canadian Institute’s Calgary conference on Workplace Mental Health Accommodation. In a…
Positive Questions Lead to Positive Change
There has been a lot of change in the last year or so with lay-offs and restructuring in Alberta organizations.…